TDs will today call for all respite beds to be immediately reinstated - after being closed due to the Covid crisis.

The Independent Group will tell the Dáil the ongoing closure is coming at a 'significant human cost' to family carers.

In a Dáil motion, it will say they're saving the state billions of euro every year in unpaid care.

Sligo/ Leitrim Independent Deputy Marian Harkin says family carers are suffering because they can't get a break...