Frances Fitzgerald (Fine Gael)

I referred to the e-mail from a woman who runs a child care service. She says:

I have worked really hard over the last nine years to build a successful service where parents can be proud to send their children. It is not just a three hour childminding service and it does not end when the children leave.

She goes on to outline the types of services she provides. What is the Minister's response to somebody such as her? The scheme is almost usurping the quality and range of service she has built up and provided over many years. It will probably undermine the quality of the service and will not allow it to develop to provide what parents want.