Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said Government plans to help with childcare for some frontline workers will be rolled out from next week, but he acknowledged the limited scheme is “no good” for many healthcare workers.
Speaking on Friday, Mr Varadkar said the Department of Public Expenditure is working on a circular in relation to the scheme for paid leave, adding “we would expect that to be done from next week”. He said the Government wanted to provide funding to send childminders into the homes of those workers outside the scheme “but having taken the advice from the National Public Health Emergency Team and the chief medical officer, they are not comfortable with us doing that at the moment because it does mean mixing households”.
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