Luke Flanagan (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Independent) | Oireachtas source

My question is to ask about the promised second preschool year and whether the Minister is going to go ahead with it. The Minister’s reference to the troika now being gone is interesting. Earlier this year I understood that an announcement was due on the initiative, and the reason it did not happen is that the scandal broke on television and the Minister pulled back on it, but now the reason is that the troika is gone. The troika seem to get blamed for everything. Is the Minister going to proceed with a second preschool year? That excuse does not help.

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