Care services for people with disabilities have been severely impacted by the pandemic, Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald has told the Dáil during Leaders' Questions.
She said that the groups providing these services have not got the funding to provide care in a way that meets public health requirements Ms McDonald read from correspondence received from the families of those with disabilities.
One read: "Those with disabilities are being swept under the carpet. We are the forgotten people of this pandemic." Ms McDonald said when Budget day comes these people cannot be given mere crumbs from the table.
Taoiseach Micheál Martin said he accepts the difficulties people with disabilities have faced during the pandemic. He said the need for