Cancellation of shool trips ‘draconian’

FIANNA Fáil Spokesperson on Transport, Tourism, and Sport Marc Mac Sharry TD has called on the Minister for Education to clarify if any instruction has been given to Education and Training Boards with regard to school trips and events for the 20/21 academic year.

Deputy MacSharry was making the comments as stakeholders in the tourism industry have contacted him following the cancellation of previously booked excursions in the year ahead allegedly following a directive from ETBs.

Deputy MacSharry is now calling on the minister to clarify matters citing that the cancelling of school trips and excursions for the academic year running up until May 2021 would be ‘necessarily draconian’.