Paul Connaughton (Galway East, Fine Gael)
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It is not that I am interested in the figure, but I imagine that at the start of the year the family make a commitment. Yes, the child may become sick and not attend, but I do not think families will make a commitment at the start of the year and then pull out three weeks later and that we do not have checks and balances to identify this quickly.