Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I wish to tease out the point that Mr. Toby Wolfe made on the option of quality. It is not so much a hypothetical but a reality we face. We have a universal access to one year preschool. I support the case for rolling out a second year universally. I hold the same position on child benefit. It is not a difficult position for me to come to. If a situation is presenting and a Minister has been partially successful in relation to additional moneys, is it the case that rather than adopt a piecemeal or partial roll out of second-year access, it would be preferred to see the additional moneys invested in improving the quality of the existing one-year provision across the board? Can the witnesses confirm if that is the case? It seems like a hypothetical, but it is probably not.