Kate O'Connell (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Is there a limit? Can services just keep growing? I am concerned about the economies of scale being built into the system. Large providers will be able to operate at a much greater scale, have better buying power when it comes to food, dodies, shampoo, toilet roll and so on, and generally work out as being cheaper, which will knock out the smaller provider. Will we end up with a monopoly or a few large providers minding our children in massive warehouses? That is where it will end up if we stay on this trajectory. Has the Department considered that?