Early Childhood Ireland

Lobbying Organisation Early Childhood Ireland

Date published 16 Jan, 2026

Relevant Matter Matters involving public funds

Public Policy Area Children and Youth Affairs

Period 1 Sep, 2025 to 31 Dec, 2025

Specific Details Early Years and School Age Care matters including Workforce Planning and Investment

Intended results Request to submit Parliamentary Questions

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Frances Byrne

Did any Designated Public Official(DPO) or former Designated Public Official(DPO) carry out lobbying activities on your behalf in relation to this return? You must include yourself, and answer Yes, if you are a current DPO or a DPO at any time in the past. (What is a Designated Public Official?) No

Did you manage or direct a grassroots campaign? No

Was this lobbying done on behalf of a client? No

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Email (2-5)

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality the status of the 2025 mid-term review report of Nurturing Skills, if the Monitoring Committee and the Advisory Group has met to examine Nurturing Skills and its progress in 2025; when the 2025 mid-term review will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

Email (2-5)

To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the estimated full-year cost of increasing the spending on childcare to one percent of GDP.

Designated public officials lobbied

The following DPOs were lobbied during this return period on this specific Subject Matter Area. These DPOs were involved in at least one of the Lobbying Activities listed above, but not necessarily all of them. As returns are specific to a Subject Matter Area the above Lobbying Activities may be associated with multiple returns.

Emer Currie TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)