The organisation representing people with intellectual disabilities and their families will meet Minister for Health Simon Harris, amid continuing concern about outbreaks of Covid-19 in long-term residential care homes.
Inclusion Ireland said it is concerned about a lack of reporting of the number of people with disabilities within institutions who have died from Covid-19.
The organisation said there are almost 3,000 people with intellectual disabilities living in institutional settings in Ireland.
Its chief executive, Enda Egan, said this was a very anxious and worrying time for them and their families.
The organisation wants assurances that the number of people with disabilities in institutions who die from Covid-19 will be reported and that families will be kept informed if there is an outbreak in a facility.
Speaking on RTÉ's Today with Sean O’Rourke, Mr Egan said he is aware that 82 long-term residential care facilities have reported cases of Covid-19.
He that that number has trebled in a week and he would be concerned that these facilities are facing a situation similar to that of nursing homes.
Mr Egan said there is very little reporting in relation to the number of people with intellectual disabilities, living in long term care who have contracted and died from Covid-19. He said he wants these facilities to be treated in the same way as nursing homes.
Mr Egan said that PPE is beginning to flow "a bit better" into the facilities but that staff and residents are not being tested at the same time.
He also called for a standard communication policy to be sent from the HSE to service providers so they are able to communicate with families when there is an outbreak in a facility and let them know how it is being handled.
The minister said last night he wanted to see what could be done to support organisations representing those with disabilities.
Health Service Executive Chief Operations Officer Anne O'Connor said the executive was providing supports to 285 nursing homes, 82 disability services and 33 mental health services.
She said staff and other supports had been deployed to deal with the very significant challenges.
Latest figures from the HSE show that there are just over 1,000 people in the country's 29 acute hospitals with confirmed or suspected cases of Covid-19.
Hospital admissions rose slightly, by 3%, between Saturday morning and yesterday morning after falling slightly the previous day.
The Mater Hospital has the highest number of confirmed cases, with 118. It is followed by St James's Hospital with 88 cases, Beaumont Hospital with 82 cases and Tallaght Hospital with 81 cases. Connolly Hospital in Blanchardstown has 58 confirmed cases and St Vincent's University hospital has 54 cases.
Outside Dublin, Mayo has 34 confirmed cases, Limerick has 31 and Cork has 25.
St James’s Hospital in Dublin has the highest number of suspected cases at 29, followed by St Vincent's Hospital with 27 and Tallaght Hospital with 23 suspected cases.
There are 133 people in intensive care units with confirmed or suspected Covid-19 - 120 confirmed cases and 13 suspected. 72 of these patients are on ventilators.
As of yesterday evening, there were 153 available critical care beds.
The figures show the growth rate in new cases in Ireland has remained under 5% for seven of the past eight days. But it has not dropped significantly in that time. 1,078 news cases of Covid-19 were announced over the weekend.
