A crèche on the northside of Dublin has become one of the first childcare facilities to report a case of Covid-19. Parents of children who attend the childcare facility have received notification that a member of staff had tested positive for the virus.
Both the Health Service Executive and Tusla have said they do not comment on individual cases. In a statement the HSE did say that "where there is a confirmed case of Covid-19 in a childcare setting, the childcare setting is contacted by HSE Public Health who conduct an assessment of the childcare setting, and advice on the management of children and staff who came in contact with the case is based on this assessment." Tusla issued a statement saying that registered providers of early years