The organisation representing people with intellectual disabilities and their families will meet the Minister for Health, Simon Harris, today amid continuing concern about outbreaks of Covid-19 in long term residential care homes.
Inclusion Ireland said it is concerned about a lack of reporting of the number of people with disabilities within institutions who have died from Covid-19.
The organisation said there are almost 3,000 people with intellectual disabilities living in institutional settings in Ireland.
The Chief Executive, Enda Egan, said this was a very anxious and worrying time for them and their families. The organisation wants assurances that the number of people with disabilities in institutions who pass away from Covid-19