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

One of the measures I introduced in 2016 and 2017 was to support capital development, specifically for capacity issues. My Department provided €8.4 million for its 2017 early years capital funding programme, €4 million for the 2016 early years capital funding programme and the 2017 funding was made available to providers under three strands, the largest of which, €4.2 million, went towards enabling services to provide additional child care places. I will be announcing details of the 2018 capital scheme in the very near future.

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