Motion or amendment: Delivery of a Childcare Strategy
Motion or amendment by Mr Pat Sheehan on .
- MLA
- Mr Pat Sheehan
- Party at the time
- Sinn Féin
- Date
- 14 October 2025
- Type
- Motion or amendment
- Business
- Motion · Private Members' Motion
- Heading
- Delivery of a Childcare Strategy
- Assembly identifier
- Document 454768
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Delivery of a Childcare Strategy
That this Assembly recognises that the commitment to delivering more affordable, accessible, high-quality early learning and childcare is an immediate priority within the Executive’s Programme for Government and that the Executive has provided £80 million towards childcare support measures during the last two financial years; further recognises that many families continue to struggle with the cost of childcare alongside their other bills; acknowledges the challenges facing the childcare sector in terms of recruitment and retention; regrets the delays by the Minister of Education in bringing forward the Early Learning and Childcare Strategy; calls on the Minister of Education to commit to publishing the long-awaited Early Learning and Childcare Strategy by the end of 2025; and further calls on the Minister to commit to a Strategy that delivers high-quality, affordable childcare that meets the needs of all children, including those with special educational needs, physical disabilities, children in Irish-medium education, and those for whom English is not a first language.
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