Dáil debates

Tuesday, 25 May 2021

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

 

3:35 pm

Photo of Réada CroninRéada Cronin (Kildare North, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I want to raise the mystery of vanishing crèches in housing estates in north County Kildare. Developers get planning permission, advertise and sell on the basis of estates having crèches but when the families move in, there are no crèches. Those involved have been abandoned by developers, usually in favour of more homes or, perhaps, the developers state they are going to wait until all the phases are sold. Last year, north County Kildare was down hundreds of crèche places promised by Ardstone Homes and Cairn Homes. Those places were just not delivered. The same thing is happening with the Castle Farm development at Jigginstown, Naas, where many people bought homes when their children were newborn on the basis that there would be a crèche for them. Those children are now three years of age and are nearly ready for school. When will the Government legislate to ensure that these crèches are built? I suggest that crèches be built first in the future in order that people will not have to wait for all the different phases to be finished.

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