Seanad debates

Wednesday, 1 February 2006

Child Care Investment Programme: Motion.

 

6:00 pm

Kathleen O'Meara (Labour)

I move amendment No. 2:

To delete all words after "Seanad Éireann" and substitute the following:

—welcomes the belated recognition in the budget of the need for the Government to begin to meet the high cost of child care through the early child care supplement;

—regrets the limited nature of the child care package, particularly the failure to commit to the development of free pre-school education;

—regrets the failure to provide for paid parental leave;

—regrets the failure to make any provision for flexible working for all parents when needed;

—regrets the failure to develop an infrastructure for after-school child care; and

—regrets the ongoing failure of this Government to make the necessary investment to ensure that all parents, children and communities have access to high quality affordable child care.

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