Emer Currie, TD

The new maximum cap for early learning and childcare services will reduce the cost of childcare for parents paying the highest fees, said a Fine Gael TD.

A new state-building scheme specifically for childcare would help ensure families have increased access to affordable childcare, a Fine Gael TD has said.

Fine Gael will move to an affordable, high quality, public early learning and childcare model, a Fine Gael Senator has said.

Students across the country will benefit from improved supports aimed at easing the financial burden of higher education, a Fine Gael Senator has said

A new state model for the acquisition of childcare facilities is to be examined by Government, a Fine Gael Senator has said.

Ireland’s planning laws and guidelines need an urgent overhaul to provide sufficient childcare spaces for parents and families, a Fine Gael Senator has said.

The Minister for Education’s pledge to consider recommendations and explore reform of the secondary school admissions process is a welcome step to improving a currently chaotic and disjointed system, a Fine Gael Senator has said. 

Childcare supply must be boosted nationwide by both changes to the planning system and access to subsidies for childminding, Fine Gael Senator Emer Currie has said.

A common application process would streamline post-primary school admissions, alleviating stress for parents and students, and giving clarity to the Department of Education on overall shortages, a Fine Gael Senator has said.

Developers must be compelled to build childcare facilities in new housing developments, which could be acquired as state assets and leased back at a reasonable cost to childcare providers, a Fine Gael Senator has said.