Consultation

Childminding – Draft National Action Plan Consultation The Minister for Children & Youth Affairs, Dr. Katherine Zappone TD, recently launched the Draft Childminding Action Plan which sets out a plan to improving access to high quality and affordable early learning and care and school-age childcare through childminding. The action plan sets out proposals to extend supports […]

Further to the announcement made this morning by the Taoiseach Leo Varadkar TD of efforts to contain the spread of Covid-19, the consultation events on the new Funding Model and Workforce Development Plan will not go ahead as planned between the 19th March and 2 April. This is in an effort to minimise social contact during this period. 

The national conversation on the future of the workforce and the future of funding within the sector remains as important as ever. We are considering how this conversation can proceed and will issue updates once available.