to come into the Dáil to answer questions on the reopening of the education sector. He said that she had offered to meet with opposition spokespeople on the matter on Tuesday afternoon, but his preference was that the discussion be public.“We want her to come onto the floor of the house today to answer questions not just on the Leaving Cert but also on the re-opening of schools. It’s gone quite clearly past a joke,” he said on the plinth of Leinster House.
“Schools are going to need staff, they’re going to need more resources, they’re going to need capacity, they may need to rent buildings or modify the buildings they already have, they may need to get extra prefabs in order for schools to operate in September.”, he said students, teachers, parents, special needs assistants and others need to feel comfortable returning to school. “Nothing can happen in the Irish economy until schools go back,” he said.
“Unfortunately, with the Department of Education, we are just waiting for the next chaotic announcement and that has been the history of this debacle since the Covid-19 pandemic started,” he said.will assume responsibility for justice, enterprise, trade, employment and sport, while her co-leader Róisín Shortall will take on the health, finance and public expenditure and reform briefs.