Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 25 June 2024

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

Implementation of Sustainable Development Goals: Discussion

3:00 pm

Photo of Roderic O'GormanRoderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party)
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We are always trying to communicate and provide information about what we are doing.

There absolutely continues to be challenges in early years. The Deputy will recall that just before the last general election when we were all elected, there was a massive march of childcare professionals, providers and parents all very angry about the three issues I outlined at the start. We have made good progress on all three. They are not solved, but we made good progress on all three. We now have new challenges. Capacity is one, and I set out some of the matters we are addressing on capacity here.