Motion or amendment: Delivery of a Childcare Strategy - Amendment 1
Motion or amendment by Mr Nick Mathison on .
- MLA
- Mr Nick Mathison
- Party at the time
- Alliance Party
- Date
- 22 October 2025
- Type
- Motion or amendment
- Business
- Motion Amendment · Private Members' Motion · to “Delivery of a Childcare Strategy”
- Heading
- Delivery of a Childcare Strategy - Amendment 1
- Assembly identifier
- Document 456371
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Delivery of a Childcare Strategy - Amendment 1
Leave out all after 'recruitment and retention;' and insert:
‘considers that cross-departmental collaboration is essential to the success of any strategy, including delivery from the review of Minimum Standards for Childminding and Day Care for Children Under Age 12 being taken forward by the Minister of Health and proposed support for the childcare sector being taken forward by the Minister for the Economy; further acknowledges the requirement for an early learning and childcare strategy that meets the needs of all children, including those with special educational needs and disabilities, children in Irish-medium education, and those for whom English is not a first language, ensures that parents and carers can pursue education, training or work and delivers a workforce plan that promotes early learning and childcare as an attractive and rewarding career pathway and ensures those in the sector are valued, have access to training and development and are paid fairly; and calls on the Minister of Education to publish a such a strategy with a fully costed action plan that ensures high-quality, affordable childcare, as required by all children.’
187 words. Text as published by the Northern Ireland Assembly.
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