Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

This will be even higher where a family has more than two children under six. By any standards, this is a significant contribution from the taxpayer towards the cost of child care in such circumstances.

New child care arrangements

Funding for the national child care strategy will be allocated in the Revised Estimates Volume. In that context, the Government will introduce new administrative arrangements——

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