Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 16 October 2025

Committee on Children and Equality

Child Poverty and Deprivation: Discussion (Resumed)

2:00 am

Mr. Kevin McCarthy:

As the Deputy will know, the programme for Government does commit to growing public provision. The intention is that where the State does intervene, where there is market failure or market gaps in meeting the demand, those are the areas that we will concentrate on in terms of any State provision.