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 progress following additional €1.5M investment in Domestic, Sexual and Gender Based Violence Services
Progress includes: Increase in funding to sexual violence services- Recruitment of additional domestic violence outreach workers- Healing programmes for children who have witnessed domestic…
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Minister Zappone launches Open Policy Debate on Draft Childminding Action Plan
The Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Dr Katherine Zappone T.D., this morning launched an Open Policy Debate on her Department’s Draft Childminding Action Plan. The event is one of…
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Zappone announces further 2019 Network Funding awards to organisations working to improve outcomes for children under the What Works Initiative
The Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Dr Katherine Zappone, has announced further funding awards under the 2019 Network Support Fund, a What Works Initiative, supported through Dormant Accounts Funding. The measure…
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