Ms Sonya Duggan:

That is the 3 cent an hour increase we got this year, which comes to €17.10 based on our 15 hours a week times 38 weeks. With the increase this year, if a child availed of full-day care for 40 hours a week, we would get €1.20 a week. It works out at 75 cent a week for part time. A sessional child gets 45 cent a week.