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# Childcare Crossroads

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2022
# Childcare
The Explainer x Noteworthy: What can be done to improve childcare in Ireland?
Noteworthy’s Peter McGuire and Professor Mathias Urban tell Susan Daly about the challenges facing Ireland’s childcare system.
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Feb 15th 2022, 3:42 PM
# Childcare Crossroads
Would it work here? The countries finding success in key aspects of childcare
As part of a Noteworthy and The Good Information Project deep-dive into childcare, we look to how other countries are managing the sector.
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Feb 3rd 2022, 1:00 PM
THE MORNING LEAD
Increased State spend on childcare 'not enough' to solve crisis for parents and providers
A report by
Peter McGuire
A legal right to a childcare place, a purpose-built afterschool system and dramatic hike in public funding would help create a sustainable model.
Cost of childcare in Ireland is among the highest in the EU and parental leave entitlements among the worst, writes Peter McGuire.
This Noteworthy and The Good Information Project deep-dive finds that planned State investment will not deliver a sustainable, universal, model of care.
While the ECCE preschool scheme deemed a success, care for under-3s and primary school children is inconsistent.
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Feb 3rd 2022, 12:01 AM
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Opinion: Without a public childcare model there can be no equality for women
The National Women’s Council says inadequate State investment in childcare has led to an unsustainable system in crisis.
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May 29th 2021, 7:01 PM
Voices
‘Children's needs should be the priority for after-school services’
Prevention and Early Intervention expert Marian Quinn outlines the need for a reimagined after-school sector on the other side of Covid-19.
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Jul 23rd 2020, 7:00 AM
Voices
‘Without state interventions many childcare providers will go out of business’
Childcare centre owners Sarah O’Leary and and Michele Akerlind explain how better investment can build a well paid and affordable childcare sector.
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Jul 22nd 2020, 7:00 AM
Voices
‘Time to radically reform childcare and break the tension between fees and quality’
In the latest in our Childcare Voices series, Darragh O’Connor of SIPTU outlines why the trade union is calling for big changes in pay and affordability in the sector.
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Jul 21st 2020, 7:00 AM
Voices
‘We are essentially paying out a second mortgage in childcare every month’
Mother Lynda Butler outlines the impact of childcare costs for her first daughter and how high fees are making her think twice about having a second child.
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Jul 20th 2020, 7:00 AM