1304. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 367 of 27 February 2025, if she accepts that the Programme for Government commitment concerned childminders working in the child’s family home whom the national action plan for childminding describe as nannies, babysitters or au pairs; if she accepts that the Programme for Government, albeit with no timescale, represents a departure from existing policy and does envisage the implementation of a policy that would extend the national childcare scheme to childminders working in the family home; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10571/25]

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1304. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 367 of 27 February 2025, if she accepts that the Programme for Government commitment concerned childminders working in the child’s family home whom the national action plan for childminding describe as nannies, babysitters or au pairs; if she accepts that the Programme for Government, albeit with no timescale, represents a departure from existing policy and does envisage the implementation of a policy that would extend the national childcare scheme to childminders working in the family home; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10571/25]

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