If you still can’t identify, then consider instead the impact on babies and young children if the people who care for them are poor. The proposal for the agency is grounded in the "whole-of-Government strategy for babies, young children, and their families”, First Five. It says that what young children value most is time with their families. The Government shouldn’t consider funding a care model which has been linked to “poor outcomes” for young children by its own research, should it? In the Netherlands, where the right to part-time work has been enshrined in law since 2000, some 74% of women work part-time and only 7% of these would rather work full time.

Source: Irish Examiner October 02, 2019 23:03 UTC