Government pledges €200m to reopen schools in August

Government pledges €200m to reopen schools in August

Taoiseach Micheál Martin with education minister Norma Foley briefing on plans to reopen the schools in August. Picture: Julien Behal Photography.

The Government will on Monday approve a "very significant" package worth €200m to allow a full-time reopening of every school in the country next month, it can be revealed.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has personally intervened to ensure delivery of what has been described as his Government’s “top priority” in getting all 1m school children and 100,000 school staff back in classrooms at the end of August.

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