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6th March 2018
02:07pm GMT

A spokesperson for the Department of Education told Her:
Both the Irish National Teachers’ Organisation (INTO) and the Teachers’ Union of Ireland (TUI) says that there are other options instead of taking days from Easter Holidays. If the holidays go ahead as usual then the time lost during Storm Emma will be made up during the year. To allow for this, certain measures are likely to be taken by schools nationwide. School tours may be cancelled and exam pupils may be required to attend school for the entirety of May."The Department’s guidance for schools in relation to making up for time lost due to unforeseen closures is set out in Circular 0009/2017 which is available here.
"Schools should firstly quantify the tuition days lost, before addressing the most appropriate way to make up tuition time. As outlined in the circular, significant flexibility is given to schools to make up tuition hours lost due to unforeseen circumstances. One option is to reduce the Easter holidays, but this is one of many choices available to schools".
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