The Minister for Children Katherine Zappone has said she hopes to be in a position to give guidelines on how to reopen childcare facilities "at the beginning of next week".
In the Government's "roadmap" to reopen the country, childcare is set to resume for the children of essential workers during Phase 3, beginning on 29 June.
Katherine Zappone said that she is working with representative organisations to finalise an "outline plan" for the reopening.
Minister Zappone is expected to bring this report to Cabinet on Friday, which she said will outline a "safe reopening for the children and the staff". "A central part of it [the plan] will be public health guidance that will finalised and received from both Department of Health officials as