Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)

One of the great successes has been the ECCE programme. We have a 96% uptake, and it is giving the best start at the earliest point. I know the Deputy is also a great supporter of that.

On AIM support, there was the original three hours offered and then the extension of a further three hours to ensure children would have an additional opportunity with AIM. The uptake of that additional three hours has not been at the level we originally anticipated. That is where we are at. I will delve a little more into that. In some instances, parents were of the view that it suited them to just have the three hours. It did not necessarily suit all of them to have the additional three hours, but there may be more to it than that. I am doing work to see exactly why that additional uptake was not taken up. If we can change anything or do something differently going forward, I am happy to do that. I am glad the Deputy identified it. It is an area we are looking at ourselves to see what we can do going forward.