Motion or amendment: Unlocking Funding for Childcare Providers - Amendment 1

Motion or amendment by Ms Sinéad McLaughlin on .

MLA
Ms Sinéad McLaughlin
Party at the time
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Date
17 January 2025
Type
Motion or amendment
Business
Motion Amendment · Private Members' Motion · to “Unlocking Funding for Childcare Providers”
Heading
Unlocking Funding for Childcare Providers - Amendment 1
Assembly identifier
Document 424179

Text

Unlocking Funding for Childcare Providers - Amendment 1

Leave out all after ‘business support scheme for childcare providers;’and insert:

‘and calls on the Minister for the Economy to work alongside Executive colleagues to expedite the delivery of this vital financial support to childcare providers in financial difficulty, as well as those in areas where the demand for childcare exceeds supply, as soon as possible; further calls on the Minister of Education to expand the Northern Ireland Childcare Subsidy Scheme to families of all children using registered childcare and to set a clear deadline for the publication of a new early learning and childcare strategy including a transparent, long-term funding plan for the sector to invest in providers while improving affordability for parents.’

122 words. Text as published by the Northern Ireland Assembly.

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