A number of principals have been speaking to RTÉ's Today with Sarah McInerney about measures they plan to implement when schools reopen.
Ms Kilmartin said the school plans to spend time re-educating students on the symptoms of Covid-19, the use of face coverings, and good hand hygiene and coughing and sneezing etiquette. His school used the July provision to get used to new regimes for hand sanitising, to purchase personal protective equipment, and develop new procedures about entering and exiting school.He said "a strong line of communication" has allowed regular contact with parents in his school, who have received information and videos about how the school is preparing for the return of pupils.
It has emerged that private schools will not automatically get Covid-19 funding to help with reopening costs. The €375m funding is available to all schools in the free education system to buy hand sanitiser, cleaning services, additional supervision and physical rearrangement of classrooms. He said there are schools that need support and that not all fee-paying schools are "awash with money".