Child Poverty
Dail Éireann — 2024-10-15
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Mick Barry (PBP), Cork North-Central

I congratulate the former workers of the Before 5 Family Centre in Churchfield and the parents whose children attended it. Between them, they have been successful in putting sufficient pressure on the Department of children to force the release of €300,000 to pay for the works needed for the centre to reopen in 2025. At the same time that people on the north side of Cork city are celebrating this win, it is widely recognised that this is a pre-election stunt by the Government and there is a justified cynicism about Government TDs who try to claim some credit.
Will the Taoiseach speak to the Minister and ensure that everything is done to get the money released, works done and the centre reopened as soon as possible?

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Sitting date: 2024-10-15