Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 18 December 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs

Insurance Cover for Crèches: Discussion

Ms Bernie McNally:

To be clear, the CEO of Tusla has said that he believes almost every service has managed to get its application in. When they applied, they had to include proof of insurance for the current year, 2019, which they all had. Some of them may have provided all the information while others will wait until next June to submit the balance. Our understanding from the insurers is that it is not an issue and they will be given insurance quotes. That is confirmed by the fact that as of lunchtime, we understand that all but 200 services across the country have been offered a quote by Allianz. As the Minister said, we have looked for a further update tomorrow. We expect that number will have significantly reduced by this evening and again by tomorrow evening. The vast majority of services will have received quotes.