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Dail Éireann · 2023-07-04

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions

CC Seán Ó Fearghaíl · Kildare South

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On the wider supports, one of the issues Tusla has brought through is providing therapeutic support for the children in foster care, recognising that because of their circumstances these children may often be more in need of occupational therapists, speech and language therapists and psychotherapy supports. All hours of early learning and childcare accessed outside of the ECCE programme hours, either within term or out of term, can be subsidised by the national childcare scheme, NCS, for a maximum of 45 hours per week.

As the Minister is aware, community childcare facilities, along with childcare accommodation provided by private providers, has transformed childcare provision over the past 20 years throughout the entire country.

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childcare 40
childminders 15
foster 21
ncs 10
children 32
services 36
people 45
disability 21
funding 32
hse 21
therapists 12
early 23

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We have been informed Deputy Aindrias Moynihan will take Deputy Murnane O'Connor's question.