An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business
Dail Éireann — 2023-06-20
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Leo Varadkar (FG), Dublin West

I thank the Deputy. The Government is committed to making childcare more affordable and more available, and to improving the quality of childcare and early education available to children and parents. I am happy to confirm there will be a further reduction in the cost of childcare for all parents next year. That will be in addition to the 25% average reduction that occurred last year. As is the case with any budget decision, the exact figure has yet to be agreed and cannot be agreed until budget time. I am happy to clarify there will be a further reduction in fees for parents next year. The Minister, Deputy O'Gorman, is looking at ways to extend it to childminders and other sectors as well. I am afraid it was one of those occasions where the headline and the quote did not exactly match. The Deputy's statement did not make any sense at all because it was-----

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Sitting date: 2023-06-20