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I welcome this recommendation. I agree that we need to do more. I believe that the steps we are taking to introduce more affordable childcare this September will have a significant...

Childcare services across the country are being invited to be part of childcare changes which will see families benefit by an extra €19m from September, according...

I welcome today’s opportunity for statements on the Second Interim Report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters...

500-600 children leaving care each year after reaching the age of 18 will have the right to an aftercare plan from 1st September which will identify required supports, the Minister for Children...

Government has agreed its plan to make childcare more affordable from September using the additional €19m of childcare funding agreed in Budget 2017....

Government has agreed its plan to make childcare more affordable from September using the additional €19m of childcare funding agreed in Budget 2017...

Good afternoon, Chair, ladies and gentlemen. I’m delighted to be here this afternoon to address this Conference, which marks 25 years since the 1991 Child Care Act came into force...

The need to urgently progress the Government’s radical new approach to childcare has been further highlighted by the Annual Report Card from the Children’s Rights Alliance...

Children, parents and community childcare services are to receive extra support with immediate effect, according to the Minister for Children...

I am very pleased to meet the Committee this morning to discuss the Affordable Childcare Scheme, before we begin the process of drafting...