1301. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide details of how she will progressively reduce the cost of childcare to €200 per month through the national childcare scheme (NCS), as promised in the Programme for Government, and also provide a timeframe; provide core funding documentation for 2025/26; explain why the core funding document does not indicate any increase in the NCS subsidy in 2025, while some creches have applied for an increase this year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12280/25]

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1301. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide details of how she will progressively reduce the cost of childcare to €200 per month through the national childcare scheme (NCS), as promised in the Programme for Government, and also provide a timeframe; provide core funding documentation for 2025/26; explain why the core funding document does not indicate any increase in the NCS subsidy in 2025, while some creches have applied for an increase this year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12280/25]

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