A 10-year strategy to reform childcare and drastically reduce its costs is being welcomed in Clare, despite no promises of a quick fix.
Children’s Minister Katherine Zappone has handed over plans for the radical overhaul to an expert group, which will be introduced over the next decade.
The plan will propose that Ireland follows the example set by other countries which have transformed childhood care and educational facilities into family support hubs.
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There’s been an 80 percent increase in investment in childcare in the past three years and Manager of Clare Childcare Committee Karen McCarthy says the 10-year plan is building on this good work:
