Ms Marie Daly:

We have not costed them because the community forum is run on a voluntary basis. We have day jobs in which we look after various services. We do not have the capacity or the resources to cost them. The Deputy is correct that it is all about money. The fees for parents are among the highest in Europe, but we are charging the minimum amount we need to get by. I am referring to the community service and not the other services that are out there. Community services are paying money coming in and money going out. The Deputy is correct that investment through the years has been very low. It is probable that there was initially a negative level of investment and it has only increased gradually since then. We sent the results of our survey to the Department. We have had meetings with it through the years, under various Governments, to request more funding. We get dribs and drabs. The point is that, as Ms Quinn and Ms Byrne stated, this requires a leap which will cost millions of euro.