Norma Foley: “We have 277,000 children that are now availing of it.”

The planning process had to be allowed to continue independently without any Government intervention, that has happened and it is now concluded.

Personally, I won't be voting to remove the three-day wait. I believe when it was put to the people in 2018, that was part of what was put to the people, so I won't be voting to support the removal of the three-day wait.

I'd like to see what all those options might be going forward, I think we need to come to an accommodation that will satisfy and put to rest I think the fears and the hurt of those who lived in Bessborough, those who experienced…

The State funding that is being given to them too for their operational costs including the fee freezes, that’s €480 million that I’ve confirmed today.