Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The Minister, Deputy O'Gorman, was involved in extensive consultation before increasing the supports for both parents and childcare providers in the most recent budgetary decisions. He has delivered significant reductions in the cost of childcare for parents. He has also significantly increased core funding for childcare providers, having listened to the sector, and will continue to do so. I will ask him to come back on the specific question the Deputy asked, but there has been no shortage of consultation here.

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