Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Parents are tearing their hair out for childcare facilities. I have a specific case in my area in Sutton where a school is expanding, and a childcare facility is being displaced. The Minister of State should speak to his colleague, the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Deputy O'Gorman, as well as the Minister for Education and advance the three proposals I made. Private patronage models served us well in the past, but community needs have moved on and we now have to develop a campus-style concept of how these facilities operate. The Minister of State is correct that patrons have the decision-making ability, but we must change that. The nudges must be put in place to make that change.

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