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- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Review of the Reopening of Schools (Resumed) (2 Sep 2020)
Michael McNamara: I ask the Minister to reply very briefly.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Review of the Reopening of Schools (Resumed) (2 Sep 2020)
Michael McNamara: I thank the Minister. The next speaker is from the Regional Group, Deputy Matt Shanahan.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Review of the Reopening of Schools (Resumed) (2 Sep 2020)
Michael McNamara: Will the Minister provide that answer in writing, please? We are running over time.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Review of the Reopening of Schools (Resumed) (2 Sep 2020)
Michael McNamara: I thank the Minister and her officials.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Review of the Reopening of Schools (Resumed) (2 Sep 2020)
Michael McNamara: I am afraid I must ask that the additional detail be provided to Deputy Michael Collins in writing. The next speaker is Deputy Conway-Walsh.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Review of the Reopening of Schools (Resumed) (2 Sep 2020)
Michael McNamara: I thank Deputy Conway-Walsh. The next speaker is from Fine Gael. Is Deputy Colm Burke the only remaining Fine Gael speaker?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Review of the Reopening of Schools (Resumed) (2 Sep 2020)
Michael McNamara: The Deputy is out of time. Would it be okay to receive a reply in writing?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Review of the Reopening of Schools (Resumed) (2 Sep 2020)
Michael McNamara: Can the Minister reply to the Deputy in writing, as he raised a number of points?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Review of the Reopening of Schools (Resumed) (2 Sep 2020)
Michael McNamara: We can send the Minister the transcript.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Review of the Reopening of Schools (Resumed) (2 Sep 2020)
Michael McNamara: We will send those to the Minister by tomorrow. Is that in order with the Deputy?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Review of the Reopening of Schools (Resumed) (2 Sep 2020)
Michael McNamara: I call Deputy Pádraig O’Sullivan.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Review of the Reopening of Schools (Resumed) (2 Sep 2020)
Michael McNamara: I have given some latitude. If additional information can be provided by officials, perhaps it could be provided in writing to Deputies Cahill and O'Sullivan. Is that okay?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Review of the Reopening of Schools (Resumed) (2 Sep 2020)
Michael McNamara: Before we wrap up I would like to ask a couple of questions. On a personal level, like the previous speaker, I commend the Minister, Department, officials, teachers and boards of management across the country on opening the schools. It is a desperately welcome and necessary step forward. Like the previous speaker, I would have preferred to have had pupils sit the leaving certificate. It...
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Review of the Reopening of Schools (Resumed) (2 Sep 2020)
Michael McNamara: Is the Minister happy to publish the advice or provide it to the committee?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Review of the Reopening of Schools (Resumed) (2 Sep 2020)
Michael McNamara: It has been published. My apologies. I thank the Minister. To be very clear, a student in second level has to wear a mask unless there is a medical reason that he or she cannot do so. If students can provide a certificate from a GP or doctor, that will absolve them from the need to wear masks. Is that correct? Various Deputies, including me, have received information from students who...
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Review of the Reopening of Schools (Resumed) (2 Sep 2020)
Michael McNamara: I thank the Minister. I want to move on to the marking of exam papers. This is a question for the Minister or Dr. Hislop, whoever the Minister deems most appropriate. Some 4% of students will have their grades increased and about 16.66% will have their grades decreased. How will the 4% and 16.66%, respectively, be selected? To what extent will their grades be increased or decreased,...
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Review of the Reopening of Schools (Resumed) (2 Sep 2020)
Michael McNamara: How will the 4% that are to be increased be identified? How is it proposed to undertake that process?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Review of the Reopening of Schools (Resumed) (2 Sep 2020)
Michael McNamara: What other pieces of data?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Review of the Reopening of Schools (Resumed) (2 Sep 2020)
Michael McNamara: What are the historical national scores? Will Dr. Hislop explain those?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Review of the Reopening of Schools (Resumed) (2 Sep 2020)
Michael McNamara: I thank Dr. Hislop. There is one more issue that I just want to look at. At the outset, the Minister talked about achievements in reducing the pupil-teacher ratio in primary schools from 28:26. Earlier today the ASTI were in here and its representatives said that 80% of secondary schools in Ireland have poor ventilation and 25% have no hot water, and that Ireland is at the bottom of OECD...