State 'should move to publicly-funded childcare model'

Roderic O'Gorman to unveil plan to fund childcare from the public purse, including the €800m sanctioned in the Budget

Roderic O'Gorman, the Children's Minister, will present plans to Cabinet today proposing a childcare model funded from the public purse. 

The State should move to a childcare model that is funded from the public purse in partnership with childcare providers, a new report will tell the Government today.

Children's Minister Roderic O'Gorman will bring the report of the expert group on a new funding model for early learning and childcare to Cabinet. Sources say the report proposes that services be "increasingly publicly-funded and publicly-managed through a partnership between the State and providers".