Human Rights and equality must be built into Ireland's recovery following Covid-19, according to the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission, which has published its annual report.
The commission said care for older people and people without the capacity to live independently needs to be addressed in public policy.
The IHREC said Covid-19 and the State's response to it has highlighted the existing inequalities in society. In its 2019 report the commission said the same groups who experience disadvantage or discrimination, relative to the rest of the population, have been hardest hit by the pandemic.
It said the vulnerablity of people in congregated institutional settings points to the need to address the role of institutionalisation in