Kathleen Funchion (Carlow-Kilkenny, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I do welcome it, however, because I feel the meeting is supposed to be solution focused. There are lots of things we could say but we must stay focused on the solutions. Deputy Sherlock asked many of the questions I was going to ask had regarding the programme support payment. People will get this payment automatically by the 28 December. They will not have to go and fill in forms or make phone calls. In the context of those providers for whom this payment is not sufficient, one can find that sometimes people are told to contact Pobal or the city or county childcare committee, but when they do they will not necessarily get the answers that even the Department think they might get. We even find this with Tusla's helpline whereby people do not get anywhere with it. Is there an entity or a person that providers can contact if they are having difficulties?