The ASTI has asked the Health Minister to intervene to secure a meeting between the union and the Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC).

Ann Pigott, President of the Association Teachers, Ireland (ASTI).

Following a letter today from the HPSC to the ASTI refusing the union’s request for a meeting, the ASTI has written to the Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly asking him to intervene to secure such a meeting to discuss the re-opening of schools for those in the “high risk” category.

The ASTI is receiving a significant number of calls from teachers whose illnesses include chronic kidney disease, cancer, and serious heart disease and who are required to return to school.

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ASTI seeks meeting with Health Protection Surveillance Centre