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- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (2 Jun 2022) Imelda Munster: In the case of this particular one, between 1,500 and 2,000 people, or more, would be accommodated. This is a single project or development. Would that be something the Department would consider?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (2 Jun 2022) Imelda Munster: When Mr. McCarthy says "short-term", would he define that? Would it be two years or six months?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (2 Jun 2022) Imelda Munster: I was about to ask Mr. McCarthy that because the development in question pertains to temporary accommodation over a five-year period.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (2 Jun 2022) Imelda Munster: This particular development involves, as I said, 569 modular homes. They would be modular homes of 33 sq. m. They are down as a emergency temporary accommodation campsite. Obviously, they will be modular homes such as bedsits. How would the White Paper and the directive to move away from emergency accommodation and direct provision centres marry with such a development? It is over a...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (2 Jun 2022) Imelda Munster: I will. I thank the Chairman.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (2 Jun 2022) Imelda Munster: How many childcare places in the State relate to children under three years of age? What percentage of overall capacity is this? I would like the figures only.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (2 Jun 2022) Imelda Munster: Has the capacity changed since 2020? Has it increased or decreased? I would also like a figure for waiting lists.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (2 Jun 2022) Imelda Munster: What are the figures with regard to the places that are there?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (2 Jun 2022) Imelda Munster: Does Mr. McCarthy have numbers for waiting lists?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (2 Jun 2022) Imelda Munster: What is the figure for children under three?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (2 Jun 2022) Imelda Munster: While Dr. Brooks is getting that, I note that an issue has come to light with crèches not providing for children under one year of age. I ask the Department to address that. It is creating a nightmare for parents at the moment.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (2 Jun 2022) Imelda Munster: There definitely are and it is causing untold stress for parents. I ask the witnesses to furnish us with all of those data on the waiting lists. There seems to be a huge disparity geographically but the other issue is bringing down the prices. The Department says it is freezing prices but that is not good enough. At what point is it going to bring prices down? I will give an example. A...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (2 Jun 2022) Imelda Munster: Freezing the fees is one thing.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (2 Jun 2022) Imelda Munster: What is the Department doing to bring them down?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (2 Jun 2022) Imelda Munster: Is there no commitment to do that with this new model as yet?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (2 Jun 2022) Imelda Munster: What does that entail?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (2 Jun 2022) Imelda Munster: We know that.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (2 Jun 2022) Imelda Munster: If parents are paying a mortgage of €900 a month and their childcare is €1,600, there is nothing within a 30-minute drive of their home and very few crèches are taking children under one, what option have parents got? How will this new plan reduce - not freeze - those astronomical costs? Can Mr. McCarthy give me concrete detail on how a parent who is looking to get their...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (2 Jun 2022) Imelda Munster: I asked about children under one.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (2 Jun 2022) Imelda Munster: What about crèches that are not taking children under one? What are parents to do in that situation - bring them into work?