Roderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

There are a range of questions there. I wish to reopen the ECCE scheme as quickly as we can. We continue to look at that and to make preparations for its reopening. It will be linked to the wider reopening of the primary education sector.

On parental fees, in order to avail of the new funding model that we introduced from 5 February, services have to sign up to a new contract which says they will not charge parental fees. That will offer important clarity for parents.

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