Childcare Services
Dail Éireann — 2022-07-07
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Richard Bruton (FG), Dublin Bay North

I do not wish to dispute the findings of a survey, but I could bring the Minister to areas in Dublin Bay North where there is not 6% or 14% availability. I suppose it is always the case that there will be areas of acute shortage. A couple of childcare centres in my area closed down, which has provoked this question. There does not seem to be ready capacity to respond to that. What are the policy tools the Minister envisages to address a deficiency that is identified in a particular area? What are the tools we will have available to us under the proposed money he has set out?

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Sitting date: 2022-07-07