Anthony Lawlor (Kildare North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I welcome this debate because it gives us an opportunity to speak once again about the opportunistic approach Fianna Fáil takes to everything. I will read a quote from October 2007, when the community child care programme was introduced. It was said to be "seriously flawed" and that it "will force low income parents to stop working as they won't be able to afford to pay for creche places if their income exceeds the new limits". That was a point made by one of Fianna Fáil's then Deputies, Mr. Chris Andrews, about the flawed nature of the programme that was introduced. While we were at the height of the Celtic tiger, there were opportunities to produce not just a good quality child care programme, but also to give incentives for people going back to work. The problem at the time was that where both parents were working-----

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