Marcella Corcoran Kennedy (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister for his response. While I acknowledge he would wish to have his budget doubled in size, as would I, Members must recognise there is an emerging crisis in some aspects of child care across the many different services which parents and their children need and a review of the situation should be carried out as a matter of urgency. I also understand that a pilot after-school child care scheme similar to ECCE was established last year. Would it be possible to conduct an evaluation on it as soon as possible? Has a decision been made on whether to roll it out across the country at the earliest convenience?

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