Ms Bernie McNally:

The 8,000 figure represents part-time users. Most children who use CCS do not use it on a full-time basis. If every child used it on a full-time basis we would only have 3,200 places. On average, we have approximately 8,000 places. Of the 3,200 full-time places we have filled approximately 2,300. In other words, two thirds of the additional places funded in the budget have been filled.