Katherine Zappone (Dublin South West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

We do need a lot more money and I trust the Deputy will continue to raise his voice as we continue to prepare for the next budget because I agree with him in that regard. In terms of his initial comments and concerns, I too am concerned about those on low incomes. This new, targeted single affordable child care scheme is streamlining and simplifying those other targeted schemes that some of the people to whom the Deputy refers are on. These include the community childcare subvention, CCS, and training and employment childcare, TEC. By doing that, we are providing a way for those on lower incomes to pay less. There may be a few cases where there will not be the potential for the capping, if one likes, of the parental contribution. I think this is what the people who are coming to the Deputy are concerned about.

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