Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 6 July 2021

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth

National Action Plan for Childminding 2021-2028: Discussion (Resumed)

Mr. Toby Wolfe:

I will come in on the question about the steering group and international representation and then hand over to my colleague, Dr. Brooks, on some of the wider funding questions. We have not yet finalised the steering group membership. We are in discussions with a number of possible nominees and are not yet in a position to confirm the names. We have been working closely with a number of jurisdictions to ensure we learn from experiences elsewhere. There is no single model that we think is the blueprint. Different jurisdictions and different countries have different contexts, so things will be slightly different here but for sure there are lessons we can draw on from elsewhere. To support us in that, not only will we have representatives on the steering group from other jurisdictions but we are also regularly engaging more broadly in EU, OECD and British-Irish Council networks in this area, so we regularly exchange learning opportunities with other countries.

I will hand over my colleague on some of the other broader questions.

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