Childcare providers have been told that they will not be covered for Covid-19 related insurance claims if they participate in the State's proposed scheme to deliver home-based childcare for frontline healthcare workers.
In a letter sent this morning, broker Arachas Insurance, which advises the childcare providers' group Seas Suas, said it engaged with the Government and recommended that it indemnify providers and workers volunteering to provide care to support healthcare workers. "Unfortunately, we are advised that the Government is not in a position to provide a State indemnity for this," it states.
Arachas also indicates the body's childcare insurance provider Allianz has been contacted to clarify policy cover in relation to anyone