Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Friday, 17 July 2020

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response

Impact of Covid-19: People with Disabilities

Photo of Michael McNamaraMichael McNamara (Clare, Independent)
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I refer to Deputy Moynihan's suggestion that we bring in the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs.

We do not really know what we will be doing in September. Obviously, anything we propose is subject to the agreement of the Business Committee but it does make sense to bring in the Minister, Deputy O'Gorman, and the Minister for Health to deal with the broader issues of the response to Covid. Once the sectoral committees are up and running, they will be able to bring Ministers before them on specific issues.

I will now move on to the next speaker, Deputy Costello of the Green Party, who has five minutes.