Ms Marie Daly:

I will answer that question. Our policy normally would be that if people were not using the service for the summer, they would pay a 50% retention fee but they could use the service two days a week. We have had parents come forward who are not back to work and, of course, if they are not back at work, we would not expect them to pay. We more or less look at everything individually. Where children would normally leave the service from the end of June to the beginning of September, such as the children of teachers who would not need the service, they would pay 50%.

They would also be able to use the service twice a week. However, we would not look to charge any parent who is not back at work and does not need our services.