James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The Cabinet will be very supportive of all of this. We are acutely aware that, in the course of the formulation of the interdepartmental group report and the studies that went with that, much research was done, both nationally and internationally, and I will come to that shortly.

With regard to the Darndale-Belcamp integrated child care service specifically, it was established in January 2001 and is now catering for some 260 children daily, 90% of whom are from the immediate area of Darndale, Belcamp and Moatview. The centre got into a bit of trouble in March 2014, given it incurred expenditure of €2.22 million in 2013 and received funding amounting to €1.96 million. However, the Department of Children and Youth Affairs and Tusla engaged with the service to develop a sustainable plan and it is my understanding that this plan has been implemented. The service is now on a much more solid footing, has a good business plan to go forward with and is sustainable, which is very important.

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