Norma Foley: 'Public health advice' will guide decisions on school closures 

Minister for Education Norma Foley

The education minister has been unable to say whether schools will remain open in the event of the country moving to Level 5 of the Covid-19 roadmap.

Norma Foley has reiterated that she does not see schools "as drivers of transmission of the disease" and reiterated that there are "no plans" to extend the mid-term break to help fight the spread of the virus but, she told RTÉ radio, that public health advice will drive any decisions about school closures.