Eamon Ryan: Schools will stay open even if country goes to Covid-19 Level 4

Minister for Climate Action, Communication Networks and Transport, Eamon Ryan TD. File picture. 

Schools will remain open even if Level Four Covid restrictions have to be introduced, Green Party leader and Transport Minister Eamon Ryan has said.

Speaking today at the conclusion of his party’s convention, held online, Mr Ryan said that even if wider restrictions have to be applied to contain the pandemic, the Government’s absolute priority is to keep more than 1 million school children in the classroom.