Matt Shanahan (Waterford, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Deputy Sherlock made a point earlier about the potential for many of these groupings to speak with one voice and lobby on that basis in order that Deputies can understand the whole panoply of issues involved. An issue which came up this morning and is coming up here again is that of funding and whether the groups have provided some sort of funding horizon of what they believe their requirements will be. This is going to come into sharp relief in the coming weeks. We have one group which is the taxpayer which has to pay for all of these increased costs. Children are vital to the future economic well-being of our country. We want to make sure they are given the best possible opportunity. Have the groups any funding platforms that they have put to the Government in terms of some of the proposals they are making?