Seán Kyne (Galway West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister for her reply. I appreciate that the vast majority of child care committees work well and are improving the quality and availability of child care. They now have an important role working with the new Tusla programme. The Minister referred to the recent announcement about the national quality support service. Her reply refers to an opportunity for the child care committees, based on their strong local knowledge and their work with the early years services, to provide support for the role of the national quality support service. The focus on quality in services is welcome. Will additional services to support and improve quality be channelled through the existing support services such as the support groups and the child care committees, given their local contacts and knowledge?

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