Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 21 April 2021
966. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education the number of notifications made by teachers to the Tusla education support service of instances in which students and children have disengaged from online learning. [18712/21]
View answer969. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 574 Question of 31 March 2021, the number of notifications made by teachers to the Tusla education support service of instances in which students and children have disengaged from online learning since the start of the pandemic. [18715/21]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 966 and 969 together.
During school closures, schools were not required to record attendance in the usual manner. Any records kept in relation to engagement during school closure periods are retained at school level and my Department does not collect this data.
TESS adopted a child welfare approach during the periods of school closure and all TESS staff worked locally with schools to support those students and families identified as needing additional assistance to engage with remote learning.
