Clare’s Sinn Féin TD says there can be no economic recovery until there is a childcare system that works for all.
It comes as a UNICEF report has found that in Ireland, a couple with an average income would need to spend up to a half of one salary to pay for two children in childcare.
Sinn Féin last year put forward a motion to create a ‘sustainability fund’ for childcare which would aim to transform the sector into a publicly funded model similar to that of secondary school education – however the motion was defeated.
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Kilrush Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne believes that prolonged underfunding for the sector from previous governments is crippling ordinary families.
