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Covid-19 Tests

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 1 October 2020

Thursday, 1 October 2020

Ceisteanna (184, 185)

Joan Collins

Ceist:

184. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Education the number of primary school children who have tested positive for Covid-19 since school resumption up to 25 September 2020; and the number of secondary school students who have tested positive in the same period. [27984/20]

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Joan Collins

Ceist:

185. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Education the number of primary school teachers who have tested positive for Covid-19 since school resumption up to 25 September 2020; and the number of secondary school teachers who have tested positive in the same period. [27986/20]

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Freagraí scríofa

I propose to take Questions Nos. 184 and 185 together.

The Health Protection Surveillance Centre and the HSE have published guidance for managing potential cases of COVID-19 in educational settings, which includes the testing strategy within an educational facility ‘Schools Pathway for COVID-19, the Public Health approach’:

https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/a0bff-reopening-our-primary-and-special-schools/

This guidance provides that the HSE Department of Public Health will liaise directly with schools regarding any actions to be taken following a Public Health Risk Assessment.

My Department has no role in this risk assessment and does not collect data in relation to the specific instances of COVID-19 in the school community.

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