Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 9 May 2023

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

General Scheme of the Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion

Mr. Toby Wolfe:

For clarity, since 2016, Tusla has been inspecting under the Act and the early years regulations and will continue to do so. That involves Tusla inspecting early learning and care, but also school-age childcare services. One of the changes the proposed legislation would bring in is to create the potential for childminders, too, to be regulated. That will fall under the same arrangements-----