Emer Currie (Dublin West, Fine Gael)

I accept that the Minister and the Department are working on the action plan for childcare. I am trying to ensure that the big thinking that is required to deliver childcare at the scale that we need is reflected in the NDP and will be ready to be activated to deliver the spaces that we desperately need. We need systemic change and a new model of childcare. I am looking for reassurance that there will be funding behind it to deliver those plans based on the ambitions that we have and that parents and families need at this point.

In relation to transport, we know DART+ West has cleared the legal challenges. I heard the Minister's update that the Department of Transport is working on funding envelopes for his Department. He said that those envelopes will become clear in the coming weeks. Does that mean that we will hear in the coming weeks that we will get the green light for funding for DART+ West and it can then commence work?

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