Mary White (Fianna Fail)

I advised the manager to calm down and wait for the Minister to get a fix on the issue, and that please God he would be able to introduce a band C group so that people on lower incomes would get some form of subvention.

Part of the problem with this issue is that the introduction of the scheme and the need for the form to be returned was rushed. Some community crèches have been active and efficient and able to get the information in on time and the pressure of having everything in by 26 October was not too drastic for them. However, one manager told me she would love to have had the time to call the parents together to explain to them why they wanted the personal information. I see nothing wrong with people having to give their PPS number. Why not, if the organisation and the facilities are being funded by taxpayers' money? People have complained that they should not have to provide information on whether they are on social welfare, but I do not go along with that. In any business, people must——