Verona Murphy (Wexford, Independent)
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I am not asking Mr. McCarthy to defend it; I am asking him to engage and have it sorted. It is particularly distressing that we do not have the services, and those who are providing them under extreme duress are not being assisted. This is one instance.

When we come to childcare, I am inundated with parents who are very concerned about not having the provisions of childcare in place, and the situation is not as Mr. McCarthy described. For the past month in Wexford, an after-school service, which was providing an after-school childcare service to 60 working families, has been closed. The provider had to close because it could not meet the regulatory requirements. I am sure somebody here is familiar with this. It has been sorted. Does anybody know the service I am speaking about? I do not want to name it but I will if nobody is familiar with it. Has no one from the Department heard about this?