Dáil debates
Thursday, 20 September 2018
Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions
Affordable Childcare Scheme
10:30 am
Katherine Zappone (Dublin South West, Independent) | Oireachtas source
That is a very important question and I am sure it influences and impacts many other children inside as well as outside of the Deputy's constituency. As the Deputy is fully aware, there are three primary objectives to this radical approach to childcare.
Our ambition is that it will be accessible, affordable and of high quality. It is the accessible aspect about which the Deputy is speaking. As she is also aware, we have invested hugely in measures within early childcare settings in the light of the access and inclusion model, AIM, programme that support the children in participating in what are now mainstream services. On the specific issue to which the Deputy refers, it is important and if my officials are not already looking at it, I will ask them to look at it again. We have time to plan for this and given the importance of the accessibility aspect of our objectives, I am certain that we can find ways to ensure it will be accommodated.
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