Willie Penrose (Westmeath, Labour)
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Question 375: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when persons (details supplied) in County Meath will be approved for a capital grant requested for the expansion of their child care facilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5106/07]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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As the Deputy will be aware, I have responsibility for the Equal Opportunities Child care Programme 2000-2006 (EOCP) and the National Child care Investment Programme 2006-2010 (NCIP), which are being implemented by the Office of the Minister for Children.

An application previously submitted by these applicants for capital grant assistance under the EOCP was approved in September 2003, for €50,790. With regard to their current application for capital grant assistance under the NCIP, I understand that it is currently in the appraisal process. The applicants will be informed of the outcome in due course.