Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 23 June 2020

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response

Childcare: Impact of Covid-19

Ms Phil Ní Sheaghdha:

We have not but, as the Deputy said, our members are reporting separation anxiety among their children to us, particularly for the parents who had to live separately from their children, and that was not just in one or two cases but it was quite frequent for periods and blocks of time. That is an issue that will require a lot of analysis after this period. When we look back, we will ask what we could have done better and we are saying that the health service, including both HSE and the Department of Health, and the Government have an opportunity to correct what was done wrong and to make sure it does not continue.

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