Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Will the Minister accept that the chances of her persuading her colleagues in the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform to take that route which might be the more preferable one are difficult? While there are cutbacks, if money is saved, it will not be used to provide for extra expenditure but tax breaks. Accepting that tax breaks represent the only loose money in the system, is the Minister going to make a strong case that tax breaks between now and 2016 should be targeted at reducing the cost of child care for people who are working so as to make it worth their while to work and pay for good quality and registered care providers? Obviously, such a move would also encourage people to use quality registered child care providers.

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