Children’s groups call for cuts exemption

A COALITION of children’s rights groups has called on the Government to dump any plans to implement recommendations in the McCarthy Report.

The new body claimed that proposed cutbacks would have a “lasting, detrimental impact on children and families”.

The newly-formed National Voluntary Childcare Collaborative (NVCC), in an open letter, has urged Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan to “do all in his power to protect children while reviewing the McCarthy Report and framing Budget 2010”.