Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Deputy O'Gorman, is working on this. There is an increased demand for childcare, which is being driven by three things: an increase in population; an increase in the number of parents who are working; and the fact we have reduced the cost of childcare. Those three things together have led to an increase in demand. We need to cater for that. The Minister, Deputy O'Gorman, is working very hard on it.

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