ieExplains: What's in the Government's action plan on childcare and what will it do for parents?

The issue of childcare became a main focus of the general election last year.

The Government has on Wednesday published its action plan on childcare, after an election pledge to do so in the first 100 days of its lifetime.

The plan comes after the issue of childcare became a main focus of the general election last year, but what does the action plan say and what will it do?