Dessie Ellis (Dublin North West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The funding model for play and language support, PALS, preschools needs urgent reform. In its current form payments are delayed, often up to two months, putting many of these preschools in jeopardy with regard to their ability to offer a valuable service to the community. The Minister for Education and her Department need to look at the way the current service agreements are implemented, with a view to overhauling them and making them fit for purpose. Will the Tánaiste ensure that these concerns, raised by parents, are relayed to the Department of Education and to the Minister for Education?

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