Day 9 - Ten-point plan for Children

Posted on May 07, 2007 at 12:03 PM

Childhood is precious and should be a safe and protected time.

Day 9 of the Countdown to Change and we are launching our ten-point plan for children.

Despite childhood being a precious time our record of protecting children and childhood is poor. Being a child in Ireland should mean protection and security, nurturing and opportunity. Irish children should benefit from the best educational and developmental opportunities we can provide,

That is why we have developed a ten-point plan to make Ireland one of the best places in the world to be a child.

If elected to Government we will tackle these issues under a number of headings:

Children's rights

Advertising

Pre-school education

Meeting the cost to parents

Better schools

Better healthcare

Mental health and young people

Special educational needs

Art for children

Sport for more active children

You can read Pat's statement here and Kathleen O'Meara's statement here.

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