649. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to reconsider the level of funding provided for the early years capital funding scheme 2017; if her attention has been drawn to concerns that the level of funding is insufficient to meet the demands of the sector; the reason private child care facilities are not eligible to access funding under strand 2 of the capital funding scheme; the reason for the short timeframe set out within the guidelines to complete the application; her views on whether it will be extremely difficult to have building works completed by the 30 November 2017 deadline; her plans to extend this deadline; her further plans to support private child care practitioners in a more comprehensive manner to ensure that sufficient child care places will be made available; if she will ensure that all future funding schemes will be open to all child care providers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25334/17]

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649. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to reconsider the level of funding provided for the early years capital funding scheme 2017; if her attention has been drawn to concerns that the level of funding is insufficient to meet the demands of the sector; the reason private child care facilities are not eligible to access funding under strand 2 of the capital funding scheme; the reason for the short timeframe set out within the guidelines to complete the application; her views on whether it will be extremely difficult to have building works completed by the 30 November 2017 deadline; her plans to extend this deadline; her further plans to support private child care practitioners in a more comprehensive manner to ensure that sufficient child care places will be made available; if she will ensure that all future funding schemes will be open to all child care providers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25334/17]

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1. 30 May 2017

   Early Childhood Care and Education Funding

   649. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to reconsider the level of funding provided for the early years capital funding scheme 2017; if her attention has been drawn to concerns that the level of funding is insufficient to meet the demands of the sector; the reason private child care facilities are not eligible to access funding under strand 2 of the capital funding scheme; the reason for the short timeframe set out within the guidelines to complete the application; her views on whether it will be extremely difficult to have building works completed by the 30 November 2017 deadline; her plans to extend this deadline; her further plans to support private child care practitioners in a more comprehensive manner to ensure that sufficient child care places will be made available; if she will ensure that all future funding schemes will be open to all child care providers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25334/17]

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