Covid-19 (Childcare): Statements
Dail Éireann — 2021-02-04
============================================================

Anne Rabbitte (FF), Galway East

I thank the Deputy for bringing up this issue. He is correct in saying I met with iCARE and Bluestack Special Needs Foundation last November. As we know, at the moment, the HSE's operational plans are being put together. I have liaised directly with Dr. Cathal Morgan from the HSE on this in the last week.
These organisations do positive and fantastic work right across the whole county of Donegal and provide a service for more than 400 families. The Deputy is correct; the HSE refers to them. In conjunction with the HSE in County Donegal, we are trying to put in place a solution that will continue to recognise the good work done by iCARE and Bluestack Special Needs Foundation. That, hopefully, will work out positively.

---

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/2021-02-04/debate/main
Retrieved: 2026-08-14T04:49:01+00:00
Sitting date: 2021-02-04