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commencement of legislation on 30 September 2024 which removes the legal exemption of childminders from registration and ensures parents who use Tusla-registered childminders are eligible for subsidies under the national childcare scheme. The National Action Plan for Childminding 2021-2028 set out a pathway for the extension … registration to childminders. A key objective of the national action plan for childminding is to enable parents who use childminders to benefit from State subsidies through the national childcare scheme. Childminding-specific regulations were initially developed by a regulation and inspection advisory group, whose stakeholder membership included childminders

acknowledge. For context, this is a six-fold increase over the past decade. Although this is a significant level of funding, the estimated development finance required to deliver 50,000 homes is a substantial €20 billion every year. The Housing Commission and the Department of Finance have advised … that can protect renters. What this motion fails to acknowledge is that this system is already in place. The Housing for All action plan update published in November 2022 includes a commitment to "review the operation of the private rental sector and report on policy considerations

Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the Planning and Development Act 2024 draft exempted regulations will be published; and when the public consultation period is set to commence. [5744/25