Shane Ross (Independent)

It is not right that we should say they should pay such an enormous proportion of what they earn to see their children are looked after. As the Minister of State knows, the budget is approaching on 7 December. I hope that Fianna Fáil will indicate then that an imaginative package on child care will come to fruition. Senator White deserves credit for the lobbying she has done within Fianna Fáil on this issue.