Kevin Humphreys (Dublin South East, Labour) | Oireachtas source

The Senator knows very well that the Department of Children and Youth Affairs subsidises approximately 40,000 child care places, 25,000 of them specifically targeted at low-income parents. These include the 500 places under the after-school child care scheme operating at primary school level. The jobseeker's allowance transitional arrangement was introduced in 2013 to take into account the specific caring responsibilities of lone parents with young children.

I apologise for failing to respond to one or two of the issues the Senator raised in his earlier contribution.Most of those issues have been addressed. I will send on the full information to the Senator who missed out because he was not here for the debate.