Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I am coming to that. The Department of Children and Youth Affairs is working with various other Departments and agencies to build the fully automated online system which will provide a user-friendly means for parents to access child care supports. It will be much more efficient in terms of administration. Given the sheer complexity of this development and a number of other factors beyond the control of the Department, the Department will not now introduce the online system until a later date.

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