Fine Gael TDs criticise Education Minister for being 'out of touch'

"The Minister for Education now needs to take the next week to consult properly and to work out a better plan for the tuition of Leaving Cert students," says Sinn Féin.

Fine Gael TDs have hit out the Education Minister for being "out of touch" and causing "needless embarrassment" for the Government on the Leaving Cert issue.

Opposition politicians have also hit out at the Government for a lack of a "plan B" in the eventuality that sending Leaving Cert students back to school for three days a week did not go ahead.