Group to report on childcare sector

An inter-departmental group that is looking at the childcare sector will report back to James Reilly, the children’s minister, by the summer.

This week, thousands of workers in early childhood care and education rallied outside Leinster House at the start of a campaign to push for improved pay as well as investment in services in the sector.

Mr Reilly yesterday said that he would like to see increased investment in the childcare sector when he appeared before the Oireachtas committee on health and children.