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- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: Education – Return to School and School Transport (2 Jul 2020)
Michael McNamara: Yes.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: Education – Return to School and School Transport (2 Jul 2020)
Michael McNamara: Yes.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: Education – Return to School and School Transport (2 Jul 2020)
Michael McNamara: That is correct.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: Education – Return to School and School Transport (2 Jul 2020)
Michael McNamara: The contribution by the Social Democrats to that committee is as valid as that of everybody else.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: Education – Return to School and School Transport (2 Jul 2020)
Michael McNamara: I usually limit my contribution to two minutes at the very end. The bigger parties have ten minutes-----
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: Education – Return to School and School Transport (2 Jul 2020)
Michael McNamara: -----because they have a lot more members than the Independent group of which I am a member or the political party to which the Deputy belongs.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: Education – Return to School and School Transport (2 Jul 2020)
Michael McNamara: I look forward to hearing that from the Deputy.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: Education – Return to School and School Transport (2 Jul 2020)
Michael McNamara: Thank you.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: Education – Return to School and School Transport (2 Jul 2020)
Michael McNamara: I look forward to receiving that. Perhaps we can continue the debate now. It is very important we heard the voice of parents, in the first instance.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: Education – Return to School and School Transport (2 Jul 2020)
Michael McNamara: We will go back to our discussion with parents.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: Education – Return to School and School Transport (2 Jul 2020)
Michael McNamara: The Deputy has five minutes.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: Education – Return to School and School Transport (2 Jul 2020)
Michael McNamara: Was To School Through the Fieldswritten in the Deputy's constituency?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: Education – Return to School and School Transport (2 Jul 2020)
Michael McNamara: I thank Deputy Lahart.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: Education – Return to School and School Transport (2 Jul 2020)
Michael McNamara: Does Deputy Carthy need another five minutes?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: Education – Return to School and School Transport (2 Jul 2020)
Michael McNamara: Deputy Burke, if you need more time you are welcome to it.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: Education – Return to School and School Transport (2 Jul 2020)
Michael McNamara: I thank the witnesses very much for coming in. I have a number of questions. Hot water is an issue that was raised. Indeed, I know that the national school I went to applied to get hot water and was not able to because it was not determined to be an emergency. The Department rightly decided that. This is not a criticism of the Department. It must do what it can with the resources...
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: Education – Return to School and School Transport (2 Jul 2020)
Michael McNamara: I appreciate that is a question that may be better asked of the Catholic Primary School Management Association, CPSMA, which has indicated an interest in coming here, but we are limited in the number of people we can bring in. I thank the witness for her answer. There has been much more home schooling than anticipated, and more certainly than would have been anticipated 12 months ago....
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: Education – Return to School and School Transport (2 Jul 2020)
Michael McNamara: Every school is very different because of a wide variety of factors, including the parents, parent council, board of management, teachers and location of the school. Schools are often affected by the socio-economics of the area in which they are located. Have the witnesses seen much variance in home schooling that occurred in schools across the State in the past academic year? I...
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: Education – Return to School and School Transport (2 Jul 2020)
Michael McNamara: It is an interesting concept. How did it work out when a relationship was created where it had not existed, or at least not as strongly as schools may have liked? Are there lessons to be learned from that? Is there guidance that could be offered? Surely there must have been unfortunate cases where, despite the best efforts of the school or parents, it was not possible to develop the...
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: Education – Return to School and School Transport (2 Jul 2020)
Michael McNamara: Have those instances been communicated to the Department of Education and Skills so that-----