The call for 900 extra childminding places is just one of the measures the charity will propose to the Northern Ireland Executive today (Wednesday) in a bid to secure a proportion of the £12m the Executive has committed towards childcare over the next four years.
According to the Northern Ireland Childminding Association (NICMA), registered childminding places account for 61 per cent of full-time daycare places in Northern Ireland. However, they say that the falling number of registered childminders has left many parents struggling to find childcare.
A survey previously carried out by Ipos Mori on behalf of NICMA found that 30 per cent of parents who had recently looked for childcare had found their search difficult.
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