Less than 15% of school staff who appealed the Covid-19 risk category assigned to them before returning to work were successful in their application to be redeployed to lower-risk duties. New figures show that 54 school employees, including teachers, special needs assistants (SNA), school secretaries, and caretakers saw their risk categories change from ‘high risk’ to ‘very high risk’ following a review by Medmark. Following these assessments before the beginning of the school year, 900 staff were deemed 'very high risk' and redeployed. A further seven people saw their risk category change from 'very high risk' to 'high risk', while the remaining 327 people saw their status remain unchanged. “As of November 15, Medmark has completed a review of 32 newly submitted Health Risk Questionnaires, and of these, seven employees were re-categorised to the very high risk category.”

Source: Irish Examiner November 24, 2020 15:55 UTC