Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 24 January 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs

Affordable Child Care Scheme and Related Matters: Discussion

9:30 am

Photo of Anne RabbitteAnne Rabbitte (Galway East, Fianna Fail)
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That is important. I thank Ms McGarrigle for that clarification. I have two question about the heads of the Bill. It relates to the 15 hours provision in the case of low-income parents where both parents may not be working for whatever reason. There was a big conversation around this last year. What is the position on the 15 hours provision? Has that remained under the heads of the Bill?