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'Significant' funding needed to open schools in September

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Primary school managers and principals have said reopening schools in September will be incredibly challenging and that schools will need significant additional funding if it is to happen.

They say schools will need to have guidance from the Department of Education by the end of this month in order to have enough time to plan.

They outline a litany of potential problems but are also concerned by the fact that there is huge uncertainty around what the public health situation will require at that time.

They say that significant additional funding will be needed to provide Personal Protective Equipment for staff, to install hand sanitisers, and to install hot water in toilets.

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