Start Strong in the news
Irish Examiner, 29th November, 2011 - "School Funding Can't be Topped Up by Parents"
Start Strong Calls for free pre-school year to be maintained in Budget. Read more
Irish Examiner, 23rd July, 2011- "Dinosaurs and castles in vision of perfect playschool"
Playing hide-and-seek with dinosaurs and having a castle with stairs to the clouds were among the imaginative ideas dreamed up by youngsters to make the perfect playschool. Read more
Belfast Telegraph, 22nd July, 2011 - "Little Dreamers Perfect Playschool"
More than 600 children aged from three to five were asked, if they had a magic wand, what their vision for early care and education would be. Read more
Newstalk 106-108, 25th May 2011 - "Does the state know best?"
Ciairín de Buis interview on "Coleman at Large", Newstalk 106, May 25th 2011, "Does the State Know Best?". Read more
Irish Examiner, 29 November 2010 - Suffer little children
With concern about cuts in child benefit and the early childcare scheme, mothers are worried about the future. Read more
Irish Times, 5 January 2010 - Better plan required for early childhood
Start Strong has called for a 10-year plan for the early childcare and education of every child in the State up to six years of age. Read more
Irish Times, 27 November 2009 - Early childcare 'the best investment'
The best long-term investment the Government could make to ensure Ireland’s economic recovery would be in early child-care and education, according to a new group of childcare advocates. Read more
TV3, April 2009 - Ireland AM
Ciairin de Buis on a panel discussing the Supplementary Budget at which the introduction of the Free Pre-School Year was announced. Read more
Irish Independent, 8 April 2009 - Childcare allowance faces chop
The early childcare allowance will be scrapped at the end of this year and child benefit will be means-tested or taxed under the next Budget. Read more
Irish Times, 7 April 2009 - Childcare supplement to be halved
The Early Childcare Supplement is to be halved to €500 from May 1st and scrapped by the end of the year. However, a free pre-school year is to be introduced for parents of children in daycare. Read more