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

One of the things that has been graciously welcomed in recent years is the expansion of autism spectrum disorder, ASD, units in many of our schools. However, I am finding that this expansion is displacing childcare facilities and that there is a scarcity of places, particularly for younger children. This is rampant across my constituency and I am sure it is the same across the constituencies of others.

Should the national development plan, NDP, capital, which will not be triggered until 2025, be brought forward so that we can start to fill some of those gaps? Should we give the county childcare committees more of a mandate to address gaps that exist?

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