Covid-19 (Children and Youth Affairs): Statements
Dail Éireann — 2020-05-20
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Verona Murphy (IND), Wexford

I thank the Minister. The many Wexford childcare providers I have been in touch with have all voiced their concern as to the overbearing administration of the multiple-agency inspection framework.
A bigger concern is the speculation that the Department of Children and Youth Affairs may be abolished by a new Government at a time when the sector requires a comprehensive streamlining of the inspection framework. Will the Minister inform the House of the Department's intentions regarding a streamlined process, if and when that might happen?

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Sitting date: 2020-05-20