The Dáil will today be told the ongoing closure of respite services is coming at a ‘significant human cost’ to carers.
The Independent Group will call for all respite beds to be immediately reinstated – after being closed due to the Covid crisis.
In a Dáil motion, it will say the number of people on waiting lists for respite care is ‘unacceptable’.
South Donegal Deputy Marian Harkin, says family carers are being treated in a cruel way:
