Teachers say asthma scheme ‘a secret’

Teachers have described as “a well-kept secret” a scheme that allows schools to obtain asthma inhalers for emergencies.

No school has received an emergency asthma inhaler for first-aid kits, under a scheme established two years ago by then health minister, Leo Varadkar.

Chief executive of the Asthma Society of Ireland, Averil Power, said the failure of the scheme, combined with some teachers’ reluctance to administer asthma medication, was putting children’s lives at risk.