Kathleen Funchion (Carlow-Kilkenny, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

30. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a gap in funding is causing significant difficulties for providers and families in the delay between an application being made to NCS and then Pobal processing this application and as the NCS does not backdate payments, this means that either the parents or services are paying the full price until the application is fully processed. [31309/20]

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