Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 6 July 2022
Committee on Budgetary Oversight
Economic Quarterly Report - Summer 2020: Economic and Social Research Institute
Dr. Karina Doorley:
I think the expansion of the national childcare scheme would be a good start. However, there are also structural issues in the childcare sector which we do not fully understand, such as staff retention and the costs of running a crèche or other childcare provision. Perhaps those issues also need to be addressed.