Childcare Services
Dail Éireann — 2021-10-07
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Kathleen Funchion (SF), Carlow-Kilkenny

Will the Department honour the commitment to double State investment in childcare by 2028? Will the ongoing future funding model and workforce development plan processes and the national childcare scheme review inform budgetary allocations for the sector in time for the budget announcement?
I wish to focus on the issue of the NCS and after-school care, which was the reason for the protest on Tuesday. Will the Minister comment on the workforce as well?

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Sitting date: 2021-10-07