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

We are undertaking a review, announced in December last year, of small sessional ECCE-only services. An issue had been raised that they felt they had not been fully supported by core funding. The data our Department was looking at said otherwise but there was a disagreement. We brought in an independent organisation. I was disappointed by the take-up and the number of services who went into the process. Services said there was an issue, we provided a mechanism to look at it and about 17 services have engaged with it. The independent organisation will undertake a detailed look at their books to get an understanding of whether there are particular pressures small sessional-only ECCE services are under. That information can help us inform year two of core funding.

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