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

These amendments aim to ensure that childcare is more affordable, particularly for parents with larger families. I believe the Deputy indicated that this is something in his own history. That is a good thing in terms of the amendments. Second, I answered the Deputy's question in terms of Pobal because he asked about the scheme administrator, which is helpful in terms of the scheme's administration. At the same time, there is and will be an appeals process in which appeals officers will be required to make an assessment that is independent of the scheme administrator so I expect that this answers the Deputy's queries.

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