Disability services must reopen to prevent 'pandemic' of carer burnout, Covid-19 committee hears

Enda Egan, Inclusion Ireland CEO: People are "at the end of their capacity to cope." Picture: Oireachtas TV/PA Wire

Carer burnout will present "another pandemic" unless disability services reopen without delay, Inclusion Ireland has warned.

The charity was among a number of groups to address the Oireachtas Special Committee on Covid-19 on the impact of the pandemic on people with disabilities.