Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 5 October 2021

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

Regulation and Funding Issues Facing Workers in the Early Years Sector: Discussion

Ms Gillian O'Connor:

Yes. Regarding community after-schools, we have always found ourselves in that gap, as we have stated. It is a matter of positioning us with a special funding model for us to be able to support that developmental work. We have continued to state - and it is really important we do so - that we do not provide a childcare service. Our placing is critical to support the developmental work we are doing and the coherent vision that was mentioned such that there is real and sustainable funding and support for this work that is centred on children and young people. It probably makes sense for us to be positioned within the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth because that is where everything from the funding to the regulations, the qualifications and the development of the understanding of this work can continue.

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