Taoiseach Miche\u00e1l Martin and other leaders will discuss the early years systems at a meeting of the British-Irish Council (BIC) in Guernsey.<\/p>\n
The Taoiseach and Foreign Affairs Minister Helen McEntee are to attend the summit, which will be hosted by the government of Guernsey\u2019s chief minister Lindsay de Sausmarez.<\/p>\n
The council, established under the Good Friday Agreement, aims to promote practical and mutually beneficial relations between Ireland and the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n
This year\u2019s summit will include discussions on early years systems to support children and families, including consideration of age-appropriate digital access and wellbeing.<\/p>\n
Martin said: \u201cThe British-Irish Council offers an opportunity to meet with our nearest neighbours to exchange ideas and discuss issues that affect us all, a core component of the Good Friday Agreement.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis summit\u2019s theme on supporting healthy and happy childhoods and early years is a priority for my Government, and I look forward to hearing the insights and learnings from others while in Guernsey.<\/p>\n
\u201cDigital technologies in particular are becoming an increasingly larger part of children\u2019s lives and it is essential we provide evidence-informed guidance to parents and educators.\u201d<\/p>\n
McEntee said: \u201cThe BIC provides a vital forum for strengthening cooperation with counterparts from across these islands on the issues that matter most to our citizens and gives us a chance to work closely on areas of mutual concern.<\/p>\n
\u201cProtecting children online will be one of my key priorities at this summit.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs digital technologies become an ever greater part of children\u2019s lives, we must work together to ensure they have access to age-appropriate, safe and empowering digital experiences that support their learning, development and wellbeing.<\/p>\n
\u201cThrough closer collaboration, shared expertise and coordinated action, we can develop effective solutions that better protect children across these islands.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Taoiseach Miche\u00e1l Martin and other leaders will discuss the early years systems at a meeting of the British-Irish…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":542315,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,43],"class_list":["post-542314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=542314"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542314\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/542315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=542314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=542314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=542314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}