Concern has been expressed locally over the number of children on a waiting list for an Early Years and School Age Care.
Figures published earlier this week by Pobal, the organisation that administers Early Years programmes show that almost 900 children are a list in the Shannonside region.
353 are waiting in Roscommon, 351 in Leitrim while in Longford, there are 194.
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South Roscommon-based Councillor, Tony Ward says the waiting lists have a number of knock-on effects:
