Mary Seery Kearney (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank Ms Byrne. I was very taken aback by the low figure for the capital grant and thought it was woefully inadequate. My colleague and I here in the office built a crèche together back in 1999. A person could put in his or her application and establish and build a service and make forward plans. We seem to have stepped backwards, or there is a presumption of asking who will do it but it will not be us. For what it is worth, I am busy behind the scenes saying that it is not enough. We need substantially more funds than that.