Written answers

Wednesday, 27 May 2020

Department of Health

Childcare Services

Photo of Niamh SmythNiamh Smyth (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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523. To ask the Minister for Health if dentists and their assistants that have remained open to perform urgent treatment on patients and children are covered under the new childcare package for essential workers. [7156/20]

Photo of Simon HarrisSimon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Several options to support essential workers who are parents and have childcare difficulties have been considered, and unfortunately none of the options are without their challenges in the current circumstances.

While the Temporary Childcare Scheme for Essential Health Workers that Dr Katherine Zappone, Minister for Children and Youth Affairs was to establish regrettably cannot proceed as planned, I understand that the HSE is engaging extensively with essential healthcare workers on flexible working arrangements to support their childcare responsibilities while enabling them to attend work (e.g. roster changes; flexible working hours etc).

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