Micheál Martin: “There would be a significant childcare package in the Budget.”

What we're witnessing is growth in expenditure.

I genuinely believe that dialogue is the way. I've always believed in dialog, and I think dialogue is the way to resolve this situation.

If that's not a platform for negotiations, I don't know what is.

I've made my position clear in terms of where I think there can be derogations, and there doesn't need to be a picket.