Dr. Karina Doorley:

The expansion of the national childcare scheme is on the cards. It has been flagged for the last year. That set of systems is in place. There is a means-tested component to the national childcare scheme, which is well-targeted at low-income families. It could be better targeted. There is also a universal component to the scheme, which applies to any child in formal childcare. However, those measures will only affect half of the families using childcare services. There really needs to be some sort of discussion about bringing the informal childcare-----