Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 5 November 2024
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills
Integration of Early Years Learning into Primary Level: Discussion
11:00 am
Eileen Flynn (Independent)
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This is something culturally appropriate. The Donegal Travellers Project has the parents and children workbooks and designed trailers and little wagons made from timber. When I went to the organisation, it gave me a few bags of cultural stories for children. I gave them to the local crèche, which was delighted with them. All that is needed is something simple as. Children are always playing with houses, and these children now have little wooden trailers. It is a step forward. I brought material from the Donegal Travellers Project to the crèche in Ardara.
Not to take away from the positives, but our early education services are understaffed. People are not taking up roles because the money is not great. Could Mr. Dalton touch on some of that? I am sorry.