1635. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her views on the need to ensure that adequate space is available for the second year of ECCE; if she has heard reports of parents finding that schools do not want to take children until they are five years of age but creches do not have the space for older children and do not feel that preschool is fit for children over five years; her views on the need for continuity of early years education and care for children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20772/26]

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1635. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her views on the need to ensure that adequate space is available for the second year of ECCE; if she has heard reports of parents finding that schools do not want to take children until they are five years of age but creches do not have the space for older children and do not feel that preschool is fit for children over five years; her views on the need for continuity of early years education and care for children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20772/26]

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