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The Minister for Education Norma Foley TD has today provided an update on her Department’s work to realise her Department’s plans to reopen schools fully at the end of the summer. The Minister, along with Taoiseach Micheál Martin TD and Minister for Special Education and Inclusion Josepha Madigan TD, last week published a detailed plan Reopening Our Schools: The Roadmap for The Full Return to School, along with details of a financial package of over €375 million to support its delivery. Read press release

See also:

• HSE COVID-19 Interim Guidance for the use of face-coverings in childcare and educational settings
• Guidance for Post Primary Schools on PPE, Consumables and Equipment

Please note that the Covid-19 Response Plan for Safe Re-opening of Post-primary Schools will be amended in the coming days to comprehend the new medical advice and is available at gov.ie/backtoschool