The Education Minister's being urged to consider extending school holidays this Christmas.
The Labour Party says it's needed due to the high levels of stress students and staff have faced in recent months.
Minister Norma Foley is to go before the Oireachtas Education Committee later to discuss the impact of Covid-19 on the education system.
Labour spokesperson, Aodhan O'Riordain, says a longer Christmas breaks something she should look at.
"I think there's a growing conversation within schools about heightened anxiety, the level of stress that students are learning under, that teachers are teaching within and the hard work they're doing with secretaries and caretakers.
"It is coming to a point where fatigue is a genuine issue.
"There is a strong argument that maybe schools should close on the 18th of December to allow for a few extra days of a Christmas break."
