Jennifer Whitmore (Wicklow, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister for that. If I get any more representations, I will certainly come to him. It was interesting that in the Crowe report this week the administrative issues and the requirements providers have to operate under were mentioned. The HIVE is just one example of that. I have spoken to providers who said that they spend a lot of time filling in documents and forms that then sit in a cupboard and no one ever looks at them again. That is not where we want our priorities, and those of the providers, to be. They should be caring for the children. Will the Minister examine the issue of the administrative load on those providers? He might review the amount of documentation they have to do, what happens to it, who uses it, its purpose and see whether some rationalisation can be introduced to make the system easier for them.

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