Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Cork South Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

When the scheme was announced, there was reference in the Chamber and the press release to almost doubling its capacity to cater for up to 20,000 children. Yesterday in the House, the Minister referred to 9,200 children having registered for the home-based programme and perhaps 3,400 for the school-based programme. That is a long way short of 20,000 children. I fear that there has not been enough capacity planning in the context of the number of teachers and SNAs required to deliver school-based or home-based programmes to that number of children. Are the witnesses concerned that a substantial number of those 9,200 children may be disappointed because they will not be able to find a tutor? That may be difficult to gauge. Is it a concern the witnesses have?