TD hits out at 'wholly inadequate' disability services

Fianna Fáil TD for Cork North-West, Michael Moynihan: "This is not a Covid issue, this has been an issue for a long time." File Picture: Dan Linehan

The Chair of the Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters has described the level of services available during the Covid pandemic as "wholly inadequate", including the number of emergency residential places for people impacted directly or indirectly by the virus. 

Figures provided to Fianna Fáil TD Michael Moynihan from the HSE in response to a parliamentary question show only 74 new emergency residential placements provided to the end of September, including just 28 related to Covid-19.