Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 23 June 2020

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response

Childcare: Impact of Covid-19 (Resumed).

Dr. Fergal Lynch:

There are a number of elements to that. I agree it is important that we pull these different strands together as much as we possibly can. I would not want to leave the Deputy with the impression that there has been fragmentation throughout the system. We have had a well functioning early years forum for quite a period, which the Minister set up some years ago. The advisory group we established recently for the current scheme has, I believe, also functioned well. Certainly, the Department would be open to working with all the key stakeholders to ensure that we develop solutions for the future. This has worked very well for the scheme that is to start on 29 June. For future endeavours, we will certainly be happy to look at that model also.

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