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

This could be worthy of further exploration.

The two-year increase, the number of weeks and the changing of the timing as to entry all have an influence but perhaps it is also about looking at what parents who do not avail of the full two years want, depending on the child's school-starting age and whether they want the child to be in ECCE or junior infants. That is one of the interesting questions.