Published date: 16 Jan 2025
On 15 January 2025, Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and the Regional Independents published the draft Programme for Government ‘Securing Ireland’s Future.’ You can read the full document here .
On initial review, the new Programme for Government includes some important commitments to children, young people and families in the area of child protection and welfare, addressing child poverty, education, and online safety. However, there are some critical gaps on children in direct provision. On early years, there are some really important measures, such as rolling out the Equal Start Programme for marginalised children and dealing with affordability for parents. At the same time, the Programme could have gone further in establishing a public model focused on child outcomes.
We have reviewed the document and summarised the commitments made in it for children and young people which you can find here: Draft Programme for Government 2025 – Summary
Read the Draft Programme for Government 2025 Securing Irelands Future here.