Pauline Tully (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

This is on the disabilities sector in the programme for Government, which we were talking about and is on page 90. I will speak on the somewhat connected issue of suspension of day care and respite services for people with intellectual disabilities due to Covid-19. I have been contacted, as have many of my colleagues, by many parents who are left dealing with children and sometimes adults with intellectual disabilities at home with little or no support. Will the Tánaiste address the issue of when the day care and respite centres will reopen? Parents are reporting instances of regression, violence, being withdrawn or loneliness and it is a matter of urgency at this stage.

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