To ask the Minister of Education whether her Department will ensure the Education Authority and Council for Catholic Maintained Schools bulk purchase an agreed standard of carbon monoxide monitors for use in classrooms to deliver savings through scale of contact.

I can advise that following discussions with professional colleagues within the Education Authority (EA) and more recently with the Department for Education (DfE) in England, I have agreed that the EA should purchase a supply of 1,000 CO2 monitors to be utilised by its Maintenance Officers in schools as required.

I have also agreed that the EA should commence the larger scale purchase of CO2 monitors for the wider deployment to all schools. I intend to bid in the October Monitoring for the capital budget to support the purchase of the increased number of mobile CO2 monitors to support a broader roll-out to schools.