Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)

The community child care subvention scheme is part of a €575 million national child care investment programme. It was announced last July to replace the staffing levels under the equal opportunities programme and it is targeted at community child care providers. The Minister of State, Deputy Brendan Smith, has repeated the impact of the scheme and has given out all the details. Anything else would be questioned. He has outlined the bands and legislative changes are not required.

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