Cabinet agrees funding model to support freezing of childcare fees

A new workforce plan for the childcare sector was also announced on Tuesday. 

A new funding model to support the freezing of childcare fees, improving the pay and conditions of childcare workers, and introducing targeted measures to address economic disadvantage has been signed off on by the Cabinet.

Roderic O’Gorman, the Minister for Children, announced the details of the new funding model for early learning and childcare on Tuesday, which he described as a "roadmap for really transformational change in the early learning and childcare sector."