Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said they are giving the Minister for Education "the space to work with the partners in education" on the issue of schools reopening, initially for students with special needs.
Speaking at a briefing this afternoon following the announcement of additional Covid-19 measures, Mr Martin said Norma Foley and the Department of Education will "work with the partners" to make provisions for children with special needs. "Obviously the Leaving Cert cohort has to be addressed", he said. "We're going to give a bit of time to work that out and the details of that.
Space will be provided to the department, the minister and the partners in education to work those issues out in terms of a phased reopening." Tánaiste Leo