Peter Burke

Sent the 2026 AsIAm Same Chance Report to TDs, Senators and Irish MEPs

Support and sustain the early years and school age childcare sector. Put childcare on a more sustainable footing through higher core funding, a multi-annual investment plan, and stronger quality supports for providers.

Strengthen supports for working parents - Reduce barriers to employment for parents by lowering childcare costs, improving inclusion for children with additional needs, and reforming parental leave to support greater equality and flexibility.

• Shoring up of allyship and political support for LGBTQI+ inclusion • Commitment to the development of a National Action Plan on Hate • Commitment to a review/ needs analysis of funding for LGBTQI+ community organisations • Commitment, across Departments and from the…

To raise awareness of the benefits of parenting support programmes and related initiatives.

Support for new childcare facility and funding ::To raise awareness on the need and gain support regarding both obtaining a new childcare facility to facilitate expansion and possible funding.

Meetings to discuss NYCI Priorities for Budget 2026 & inclusion in party policy documents, as well as in Budget 2026 announcements by Department of Education and Youth::Ensure sufficient capital investment in youth work via the National Development Plan::Information on youth…

Improve funding for voluntary sector organisations supporting families experiencing disadvantage, making sure that more vulnerable children and their parents aren't left without supports. ::Increase targeted income supports for low incomes families and those most at risk of…

Highlighted that the prohibitively high cost of childcare in Dublin is a critical barrier to talent attraction and retention, and advocated for a reduction in costs to incentivise parents to reenter or progress in employment.

Improved funding for youth work services relating to staffing, cost of living, and premises

To raise awareness of the key priorities of businesses for 2025-2030 among new Ministers.

To share the lived realities of children's digital lives, the positives and negatives, and the importance of providing for both in public policy.

That incoming TDs would be familiar with the organisation and aware of the needs of young LGBTQ+ people in Ireland.

To propose that currently available financial supports are extended to all childcare providers.

Endorsement of our election manifesto which outlines UNICEF Ireland’s Child Rights Election Manifesto outlines 10 urgent priorities grounded in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC)