Written answers

Tuesday, 12 December 2023

Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth

Childcare Services

Photo of Kathleen FunchionKathleen Funchion (Carlow-Kilkenny, Sinn Fein)
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709. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to confirm the estimates given in Parliamentary Question No. 145 of 6 December 2023 includes ECCE and AIM staff. [55245/23]

Photo of Roderic O'GormanRoderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party)
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It should be noted that early learning and care (ELC) and school-age childcare (SAC) services are private, and the State is not the employer. As a result, the Government does not set wage levels nor determine staff working conditions or roles in the sector.

The estimates provided in the response to Parliamentary Question No. 145 on 6 December 2023 were calculated based on data provided by ELC and SAC services on all staff (including ancillary staff), which therefore includes staff who work in part or solely in the ECCE universal pre-school programme and staff supported by the Access and Inclusion Model (AIM).

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