Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)

Reference was made previously to building blocks. I think it is a very good scheme because it provides additional places. A total of 1,500 additional places will be provided for under the recently announced building blocks scheme and there were 78 applications, of which 49 have gone through. I would like to see us do more in this space, although it is obviously contingent on the funding that is available. It is to ensure that we are tackling at many different levels the need to provide greater availability of spaces. That work is in conjunction with work on the public model that we speak of, and all of it is playing into the single purpose of ensuring we have more spaces. As to the potential to do another one going forward, that is contingent on the money that will be made available via the budget. We will certainly fight the good fight in that regard.