Access to childcare and home care services across Europe
Regina Doherty, TD, Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection, launched new ESRI research examining childcare and home care provision across 11 European countries, including Ireland. The research was funded by the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection.
Conference Programme
Conference Programme
Introduction
9:30
Registration and tea/coffee
10:00
Welcome
Alan Barrett, Director (ESRI)
10:10
Opening Address
Regina Doherty, T.D., Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection
Access to care services
Chair: Helen Russell, Research Professor (ESRI)
10:30
Access to childcare and home care services across Europe
Ivan Privalko, Bertrand Maître, Dorothy Watson and Raffaele Grotti (ESRI)
10:55
Discussant
Helen Johnston (National Economic & Social Council)
11:05
Q&A
International developments in access to care services
Chair: John Conlon, Assistant Secretary (Department of Employment Affairs & Social Protection)
11:20
Accessibility, quality and user satisfaction in childcare and home care
Daniel Molinuevo, Research Officer (Social Policies, European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions)
12:00
Reflections
John Dunne (Family Carers Ireland)
12:10
Q&A
12:25
Conference close