Chris Andrews (Dublin Bay South, Sinn Fein)
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159. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) will be awarded funding to help with the extra costs of reopening to ensure the students and staff are as safe as possible. [22794/20]

Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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The Covid-19 Response Plan for the safe and sustainable reopening of Post-Primary Schools was published 27^thJuly 2020. In addition Circular 0046/2020 outlines the Covid-19 operational supports that are being made available to assist with re-opening schools.

These supports are made available to all post-primary schools in the free education sector and through an application process for schools in the fee-charging sector.

The Department has already indicated to all schools in the fee charging sector including the school referred to by the Deputy that they can submit an application to the Department (via reopeningschools@education.gov.ie) seeking support (financial and/or staffing) where it can clearly demonstrate difficulties in implementing necessary control measures outlined in the plan and how the provision of additional support from the Department would help to overcome those particular difficulties. All applications received are considered on a case by case basis.