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

At present, 84% of providers have signed up. The scheme is still open to those who want to sign up. People have different reasons for not doing so but the number is really high, which demonstrates the success of the scheme in terms of meeting the sector's needs. Even though it is not necessarily all of what the sector had originally, it is still a significant support and the take-up is better than in most other sectors.

The Deputy asked about financial supports and guidelines for reopening.

We are aware of that and are factoring it in. No decisions have been made in terms of what that actually means and we have to first assess what would be the cost to the centres and so on. We are certainly aware that there are going to be costs associated with the reopening.

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