The Irish Times:

Teachers may be redeployed to work outside the education sector as part of the Government’s efforts to deal with coronavirus.

In a circular to school managers on March 27th, the Department of Education said under overall Government guidance all public servants who were not medically advised to self-isolate “must be available to carry out work either to deliver services within their own sector [as a priority] or for temporary assignment within the wider public service. Employers will be asked to determine which of their employees will provide educational services to their pupils.” Read article