Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)

Children enrolled in play-schools will receive free pre-school provision of three hours per day, five days each week over a 38 week year. This equates to a weekly capitation grant to the service provider of €64.50 and parents with children enrolled in these services will not be charged. Children enrolled in full or part-time child care services will receive free pre-school provision of two hours and 15 minutes per day, five days a week over a 50 week period. This equates to a weekly capitation grant to the service of €48.50, with parents paying for their child care net of this amount. Over the course of the year, the financial benefit of the scheme for a single child is over €2,400.

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