Labour set to unveil childcare strategy
The childcare strategy, one of Labour's central election platforms, will include proposals aimed at parents, including one year's paid parental leave and a year's free pre-school education. The package will also include measures to tackle the spiralling cost of childcare, the lack of childcare places and proposals to ensure the quality of childcare is acceptable.
Although he has refused to outline Labour's tax policy until closer to any election, Mr Rabbitte promised to unveil the childcare policy in the next three to four weeks. Speaking at Labour's parliamentary party meeting in Clonmel yesterday, Mr Rabbitte said childcare was just one of a number of quality of life issues Labour would be focusing on in the forthcoming Dáil term.
