A childcare scheme for people in emergency accommodation is to be rolled out in Kilkenny
According to the Irish Independent this morning the initiative is being extended beyond Dublin to include eight more parts of the country.
It’s a programme that grants children under five 25 hours of free childcare a week and a daily meal.
Children’s Minister Katherine Zappone says the cost of childcare prevents parents from taking up work and education opportunities, and the scheme is aimed at ‘lifting that barrier for those families in greatest need’.