Covid-19 (Children and Youth Affairs): Statements Dail Éireann — 2020-05-20 ============================================================ Michael Moynihan (FF), Cork North-West Why was the Federation of Early Childhood Providers excluded from the talks process? Whoever made the decision, the Minister is in charge and she, ultimately, has to make the decision. My second, previous, point concerned consultation with other Departments regarding children needing special interventions, physical and mental. What is the Minister's engagement with other Departments or has she----- --- Source: Houses of the Oireachtas. Licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). The Official Report is revised after first publication; the fetch timestamp below identifies the version quoted. Record URI: https://data.oireachtas.ie/akn/ie/debateRecord/dail/2020-05-20/debate/main Retrieved: 2026-08-14T04:48:18+00:00 Sitting date: 2020-05-20