Just 54 school staff reassigned to lower-risk duties after Covid-19 risk reviews

HSE guidelines say that staff in the higher risk category can attend the workplace.

Less than 15% of school staff who appealed the Covid-19 risk category assigned to them before returning to work were successful in their application to be redeployed to lower-risk duties. 

New figures show that 54 school employees, including teachers, special needs assistants (SNA), school secretaries, and caretakers saw their risk categories change from ‘high risk’ to ‘very high risk’ following a review by Medmark.