Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I will ask the NCSE if there is any way it can better support parents, but over 6,000 children are availing of that back-up scheme under the home-based July provision scheme, providing ten hours per week over four weeks. Those 6,000 people are spread throughout the country, so it is difficult to co-ordinate that centrally and provide a clearing house for that provision. I will ask the NCSE if there are ways in which parents can be supported where there has been a change in the arrangements.

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