Anne Rabbitte (Galway East, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister for her response. I said, when I asked about the scheme last June, that I was looking forward to asking the question because it was going to be the last time I did. I did not think I would have to ask about the scheme again. Is the Minister confident at this stage that we are down to the last snagging issues? Is she confident that the problem relating to families with more than four children is the last one? Is she confident that on 20 November, I will be tweeting that the scheme has gone live? There are many parents waiting. The Minister was right about how many children will be brought into the scheme.

My fear is because this has gone on for so long. The Minister and I cannot build an ICT system but at the same time, these problems have been ongoing since 2017. The Minister has piloted the scheme and it was being trialled when I asked about the issue last February. The childcare providers need to know that they are off the paper-based model.

Is the public service card still part of the model of the new childcare scheme?

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