Budget 2018: Free pre-school plan to expand to two years
Zappone details ‘unprecedented €1.38bn’ spend allocated for Department of Children
Entitlement to the free pre-school programme is to be expanded from September 2018 to two free years for children aged at least two years and eight months. File photograph: Getty Images
Minister for Children Katherine Zappone said she was “confident” the early childhood sector would be able to provide enough child places to allow a further expansion of the free preschool programme.