Local Senator highlights "financial barriers" to schools installing Covid-19 filtering equipment

Galway Bay fm newsroom - A local senator has used the Seanad to highlight the "financial barriers" stopping schools from installing filtering equipment to combat Covid-19.

Senator Pauline O Reilly said it was a very difficult morning for many families as they had to tell children they would have to wear masks into school.

Green Party Senator O' Reilly said a report from an expert group advised the use of HEPA filters - but very little has happened in schools nationwide.

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