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https://www.socialdemocrats.ie/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Aidan-2.webp1450530Supporting Families In Ireland, we do too little to support parents. Despite improvements in recent years, we are still well behind other countries in terms of paid leave for parents, investment in childcare and early years education, supports for new parents, and basic public services for children. The Social Democrats believe that parents and families […]