Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

1. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs under the terms of the early childhood care and education scheme, if he will ensure that preschool services will be able to extend the provision they offer, given their concerns at their unsustainability under the 38-week capitation system; the negotiations or discussions he has had with the preschool sector regarding the capacity within preschools to handle the extension to the preschool year commencing in September 2016; and the gaps in capacity by county. [3396/16]

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