Plea over free pre-schooling for children

The Government must move to ensure every child in the country is given a year’s free pre-schooling following a major new study on childcare, it was warned today.

Caoimhghin O’Caolain, a Sinn Féin TD, said the Government must act on the National Economic and Social Forum’s (NESF’s) report on childcare in the forthcoming Budget and fully implement its recommendations.