Mr. Kevin McCarthy:

They can contact their county childcare committee to obtain assistance in securing a place. The county childcare committees have co-ordinators in place who will work with parents and providers to try to source a suitable place for a child in that circumstance. If there is a need for additional funding support for providers in order to ensure additional places can be made available to meet the need, that is what will happen. There are mechanisms through which we can address any areas of undersupply where it arises. That is the means through which parents can make it known that they are struggling-----