Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 20 October 2021
Joint Committee On Health
Impact of Covid-19 on Children: Discussion
John Lahart (Dublin South West, Fianna Fail)
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Even as constituency politicians, I am sure my colleagues and I are aware of the impact of Covid on families and particularly on parents of children with special needs, whose environments were severely restricted in comparison with what they had been familiar with. The Barnardos representatives have said that we know children are among the groups most adversely impacted. How do they know that?