Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 8 February 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs

Affordable Child Care Scheme: Discussion

9:00 am

Photo of Katherine ZapponeKatherine Zappone (Dublin South West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

As the Deputy will appreciate, we have done a massive amount of work, particularly the man to my right, to estimate the demands of the scheme. We would be fairly confident that the amounts of money we have for budget 2017 will be sufficient for those who wish to avail of the scheme. We have placed a budget cap in terms of the overall scheme. That was partly our own decision but it was also requested by some of the other Ministers in discussions with them as being prudent. At the same time, we do not anticipate that anyone will be turned away but Mr. Wolfe might give more of the detail on that.

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