Ms Gillian O'Connor:

At present, the sector is definitely in crisis. There are projects that have closed and will close. There are two pieces to it. We need emergency funding now and for the funding that has been lost to be reinstated. A project in the Dublin 8 After School Alliance had to close its doors to two after-schools. We know that all community after-schools will close their doors within two years unless that specific, sustainable, long-term funding is found. That is the position. In the long term, as Ms Carey said, we want to work to position community after-schools within a long-term, sustainable funding source that is appropriate. As we are not childcare, it is not an appropriate funding source for allocation for us.