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

I do not accept the Deputy's assertion that it is moving at a snail's pace. We are looking to create a new funding stream that will deal with situations like this where there is an existing service that is using a building that is no longer fit for purpose and requires significant capital support. That requires my Department to engage with the Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform to create a new capital stream. As with so much in the bureaucracy of Departments, I wish this would move so much faster. It does not always move as fast as we would like but significant work is being done. We recognise the importance of this particular service and that it is an area of undersupply. We also recognise that a very significant number of parents and young children benefited from this service previously. We want to continue to provide that support to the community.

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