Report of consultations with children on after-school care

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dc.contributor.authorHorgan, Deirdre
dc.contributor.authorO'Riordan, Jacqui
dc.contributor.authorMartin, Shirley
dc.contributor.authorO'Sullivan, Jane
dc.date.accessioned2018-09-20T15:44:35Z
dc.date.available2018-09-20T15:44:35Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.date.updated2018-09-20T15:22:40Z
dc.description.abstractThere has been an increasing focus on developing policy in the area of after-school care in Ireland in the past two years. In January 2015, the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs announced the establishment of an Inter-Departmental Group (IDG) on Future Investment in Early Years and School-age Care and Education. The purpose of this group was to identify and assess policies and future options for increasing the quality, supply and affordability of early years and school age care and education services in Ireland. In order to inform the work of the IDG, an Open Policy Debate was held with a range of stakeholders and representatives from the early years and school-aged care and education sector and online consultations were also held with the general public. Future Investment in Early Years and School-Age Care and Education was published in 2015. In light of the commitment in the National Strategy on Children and Young People’s Participation in Decision-Making, 2015–2020 to consult with children and young people on policies and issues that affect their lives, in March 2016, a proposal was sought from the Department of Children and Youth Affairs (DCYA) for the provision of services to develop a report of consultations with children (age 5–12 years) on after-school care. These consultations were to be conducted by the Citizens Participation Unit of the DCYA with the aim of identifying what children like and dislike about after-school care and to identify the places where children most like to be cared for after school. Consultations were held with 177 children and young people in total comprising 81 children aged 5–7 years and 96 children aged 8–12 years from primary schools in Dublin, Dundalk, Limerick, Meath, Monaghan, Waterford, Wexford and Wicklow. The research team from University College Cork: Attended all of the consultations with children on after-school care in May and June 2016; Removed, documented and analysed the data generated at each consultation; Produced a report on the process and findings of the consultations. This report provides an overview of the process and findings from these consultations with children. It analyses the data generated at the consultations and discusses the rationale, methodology and findings from consultations with children on after-school care.en
dc.description.statusNot peer revieweden
dc.description.versionPublished Versionen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.citationHorgan, D., O'Riordan, J., Martin, S. and O'Sullivan, J. (2017) Report of Consultations with Children on After-school Care, Dublin: Department of Children and Youth Affairs. Available at www.dcya.ieen
dc.identifier.endpage68en
dc.identifier.startpage1en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/6828
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherDepartment of Children and Youth Affairs, Government Publicationsen
dc.relation.urihttp://www.dcya.ie
dc.rights© Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, 2017en
dc.subjectChildrenen
dc.subjectYoung peopleen
dc.subjectSchoolen
dc.subjectAfter-school careen
dc.subjectIrelanden
dc.subjectEarly childhood educationen
dc.subjectIrelanden
dc.subjectEarly yearsen
dc.titleReport of consultations with children on after-school careen
dc.typeReporten
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