Niall Collins (Limerick County, Fianna Fail)
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Adult education forms part of our further education and training system. Informed by the Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business, the HSA Return to Work Protocolsand ongoing public health advice, my Department published Guidance for Further and Higher Education for Returning to On-site Activity in 2020, which will be updated on a regular basis. This framework guides the planning by further education and training and higher education providers for reopening for the new academic year for all learners.

To complement and underpin this guidance, ETBI and SOLAS have together issued their own specific implementation guidance for public health measures for further education and training institutions, which are supported by my Department.

The further education and training sector will continue to be agile and responsive to meet the challenges presented by Covid-19 and will adapt plans in the light of the evolving public health situation.