Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 2 September 2020
Special Committee on Covid-19 Response
Covid-19: Review of the Reopening of Schools (Resumed)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source
Has Ms Dempsey come across cases of parents who do not have transport using taxis to get children to school? I am working on a few cases in the disability sector where bus services have been cut and some of the affected families do not have a car. This is becoming a big issue because these families must use a taxi, which they cannot afford. Are the Department and the NPCPP trying to come up with some sort of a solution? We must make sure that, as Ms Dempsey said, children or adults with a disability, who are the most vulnerable, get to school or the workplace. I do not know if there is a proper roadmap in place for that. We need to see that.
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