It was an honour to be appointed on May 6th 2016. As Minister my priorities are:
- Ending child poverty
- Ending child homelessness
- Ensuring equal access to high quality early childhood education and care
- Protecting vulnerable children in Ireland and Globally
News Updates
Minister Zappone announces decision in relation to progressing the Adoption (Information & Tracing) Bill, 2016
The Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Dr Katherine Zappone TD, today announced her decision in relation to progressing the Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill, 2016. This decision has been…
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The Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Dr Katherine Zappone TD, has published the General Scheme of the Certain Institutional Burials (Authorised Interventions) Bill 2019.
Photo credit : EPA/AIDAN CRAWLEY The General Scheme reflects Minister Zappone’s commitment to ensuring that respect and dignity are afforded to the children who are buried at the site in…
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Minister Zappone launches Our Voices Our Schools online resource to improve participation of young people in decision-making in the school system
Our Voices Our Schools is an online toolkit for schools to improve student voice.The toolkit is for school management and teaching staff and seeks to improve the participation of young people…
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Minister Zappone welcomes international recognition for AIM programme
· Additional funding of €10m secured under Budget 2020 for the programme, which provides both universal and targeted supports to help children with disabilities participate in mainstream pre-school · Over 11,700 children…
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