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Frances Fitzgerald TD, Minister for Children & Youth Affairs has today hosted the first meeting of the new Expert Advisory Group which has been established to advise on the preparation of Ireland’s first-ever Early Years Strategy. Preparation of this...

Ms. Marta Santos Pais, Special Representative to the UN Secretary-General on violence against children has this week visited Ireland and has met with Frances Fitzgerald TD, Minister for Children and Youth Affairs...

Minister for Children & Youth Affairs, Frances Fitzgerald, today launched a public consultation on the forthcoming Children & Young People’s Policy Framework. The consultation will be open for the 4 weeks...

Frances Fitzgerald TD, Minister for Children & Youth Affairs, is today (June 11th) launching a public consultation on the forthcoming Children & Young ...

The Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Frances Fitzgerald, T.D., today announced that €6 million in capital grant funding has been allocated to 290 childcare settings throughout Ireland...

Frances Fitzgerald T.D., Minister for Children and Youth Affairs has today announced an extension of Growing Up in Ireland, the National Longitudinal...

Children & Youth Affairs Minister Frances Fitzgerald today welcomed the allocation of €150,000 by the EU Daphne Programme to the ISPCC for the set...

Frances Fitzgerald TD., Minister for Children and Youth Affairs has today welcomed the allocation of €150,000 by the EU Daphne Programme to the...

Education Minister Ruairi Quinn today opened an Anti-Bullying Forum at the Department of Education and Skills, to explore ways to tackle the problem of...

Frances Fitzgerald T.D., Minister for Children and Youth Affairs announced that the practice of sending 16 year olds to St. Patrick’s Institution would end today...