Michelle Mulherin (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason an apparent policy is being pursued of facilitating public primary schools for extensions for early childhood care and education rooms in view of the consequent displacement of a significant number of community and private childcare facilities which exist many of which have been funded under EOCP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9900/13]

Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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My Department doesn't have a policy of encouraging schools to set up pre-school services in competition with services that have been funded through the EOCP or its successor programme. If the Deputy knows of schools where this has occurred, perhaps she could bring them to my attention.