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.