Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

We will have to engage with the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth as well because some of this crosses over to its area of responsibility as well. Certainly, however, in relation to the provision of new childcare facilities in new developments, in my view there can be issues in this regard, especially around the ratio. We would, though, have to do this in a structured way. Preliminary work is being done right now in advance of a review taking place. I will have to engage with the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth on it but my focus will very much be on the planning side and the guidelines currently in place. I am not sure whether these have been amended since 2001, but the ones we operate under go back to 2001 and the landscape in this regard has changed substantially since then.