Vol. 500 No. 4
329 Ms Shortall asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the composition of the committee he has established to evaluate, cost and prioritise child care proposals in three recent Government reports; if he will list the individual members; the terms of reference; when this committee will make recommendations to Government; and if he will give a commitment that parents will be adequately represented on this committee. [4041/99]
The Government, on 2 February, 1999, approved the establishment of an interdepartmental committee, the terms of reference of which are to evaluate, cost and prioritise the proposals in the report of the Expert Working Group on Child Care, and the child care proposals in the Action Programme for the Millennium, the report of the Commission on the Family and the report of the Forum on Early Childhood Education and to make recommendations on these issues to the Government within six months.
This committee is chaired by Bernard McDonagh, second secretary at my Department and comprises senior officials representing the relevant Government Departments as follows:
|
Members |
Department represented |
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Sylda Langford |
Justice, Equality and Law Reform |
|
Jim McCaffrey |
Finance |
|
Barra Ó Murchadha |
Finance |
|
Deirdre Carroll |
Social, Community and Family Affairs |
|
Deirdre O'Keeffe |
Education and Science |
|
Michael Kelly |
Health and Children |
|
Séamus Ó Moráin |
Enterprise, Trade and Employment |
|
Agnes Aylward |
Tourism, Sport and Recreation |
|
Mary Butler |
Taoiseach |
|
Joe Allen |
Environment and Local Government |
|
Pádraig De Stanlaigh |
Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands |
|
Seán Ó Broin |
Agriculture and Food |
