Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The Department does not have a communications plan for this year. I am sure there will be many things happening which will may require the involvement of the Department in communications, not least around Brexit. It can be done by my Department or by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

The affordable childcare scheme will come in later in the year. We need to make sure the people know about that. It will involve a significant increase in subsidies for childcare and the extension of subsidised childcare to middle income families in particular. There will be many reasons we need to speak to the public over the next several months.

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