Caít Keane (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I congratulate Young Fine Gael and the Minister, Deputy Varadkar, for listening to it and introducing the transport initiative outlined by Senator Pat O'Neill. I asked the CSO to calculate figures in that regard because the savings made by school-going children, especially where there are two or three children in a family, could be substantial. We hear much talk lately about those over 18 having to pay water charges. The initiative will recoup money into the pockets of householders that would have been expended on transport for schoolchildren and college students.

I wish to raise the serious issue of the closure of a crèche in Tallaght Hospital. I congratulate the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Deputy Charles Flanagan, on his new role. I would like him to come to the House to discuss preschool regulations.