Nineteen childcare services have notified authorities about confirmed cases of Covid-19 in the nine weeks since the sector re-opened.
That represents just over 1% of the almost 1,700 services that have reopened their doors since 29 June. The figures released to RTÉ News show that of the 19 childcare services that reported confirmed cases of Covid-19, 13 remained open and six temporarily closed Five of those services closed voluntarily and one closed following instruction from public health officials.
According to the figures from the Department of Children and Youth Affairs, all of the services that closed did so temporarily and some of them have since reopened.