Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

-----it would have occurred to him that the figure of €15 million to deal with waiting lists was a bad joke.

Much has been made of the Government's child care initiative. I am glad to say we can all now finally agree that there should be a publicly-funded universal child care service. It is a public service, not a babysitting service. It is part and parcel of the early childhood education and development system.

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