Bríd Smith (Dublin South Central, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

My question relates to the situation whereby there are 9,000 childcare spaces the providers of which have refused to accept participation in any of the schemes that are available. The condition that providers must not raise fees does not apply to them. I am seeking clarity on the position of parents, particularly in parts of Dublin in which spaces are very scarce and there is a real problem for parents in this regard, when a provider does not accept any of the funding streams the Minister is providing and charges the parent accordingly. What supports are available to those parents?

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