12,000 children affected by nonsensical childcare rules - Hayes [finegael.org]
- Published: 22 February 2010
The rules underpinning the Government’s Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) Scheme meant that parents of 12,000 children were forced to wait a further year before enrolling their kids in school according to Fine Gael Education Spokesman, Brian Hayes TD today (Monday).
The ECCE Scheme is designed to allow children access to up to a free year of pre-school education but the rules mean that children born in July and August of 2006 were not allowed to enrol in the Scheme in January of this year meaning that they could not begin school in September 2010.
“These rules just don’t make sense as they are restricting parental choice.
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