In accordance with recommendations in the Report of the Inter-Departmental Group on Future Investment, this Programme was extended in September 2016. Under this expanded Programme children were eligible to enrol in the Programme at age three and remain in Programme until they transitioned primary school. Under this extension, three enrolment points were introduced – September, January and April and the average number of funded weeks under the Programme increased to 61 weeks (ranging from 38 weeks to 88 weeks depending on the child’s date of birth, age to first enrol in the Programme and parental choice with regard to school starting age).