"A full return to school is what everyone is aiming for," said Alan Mongey, representing second level school principals at yesterday's Oireachtas Special Committee on Covid-19 Response.
By "everyone" he meant teachers, school principals, managers, and anyone else who plays a role in the operation of schools here.
His opinion is shared by all parties currently involved in the talks on the reopening of schools that are ongoing between the Department of Education, teacher trade unions, school management bodies, and school principal organisations, at both primary and post primary level.
Some feel the wrong impression has been created over the weekend in the media - the idea that somehow teachers or their unions are working to prevent a