Together for Public Alliance Submission to the National Conversation on Education - Survey Version

Published: Monday, March 09, 2026

As part of the National Conversation on Education, the Department of Children, Disability, and Equality has created an online survey exploring investment priorities as well as the role of early childhood care and education (ECEC) and school age childcare (SAC) in the Irish education system. The Together for Public Alliance campaign, convened by NWC, has created a submission for this survey. Please draw on this document in whatever capacity you see best and use whatever aspects of it are most useful for your own individual submissions to government. Please ensure to make a submission from your organisation to the survey ahead of the 12th March deadline! You can access the survey here: https://www.gov.ie/en/department-of-children-disability-and-equality/consultations/national-conversation-on-education-the-first-five-years-and-school-age-childcare/ Spread the word! Please share our response with colleagues, other organisations, parents, educators, and anyone who is concerned about these issues; the more responses they get the more likely we are to impact their policymaking.

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