Catherine Byrne (Dublin South Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Marks & Spencer. It has an excellent facility and any young mother who goes into town makes a beeline for it. It is a credit to the store. It should be seen as the crème de la crème by those who want to change a baby's nappy and breast-feed.

Deputy Doherty referred to community crèches. I am a lover of them and they are all around my constituency. Nobody should be working in child care unless he or she is well trained. Some of the community crèches that I have visited in my parish and area have been loyal to the concepts of childminding and child care. There are staunch women who have been in the system for many years. Will the new policy interfere with them? Many of them fear that they will not be needed any more. They may not have the FETAC qualification at levels 6 or 7. What will happen these people? They have been the backbone of many community crèches. They were parents with children in the crèches in the early years and they have gone gradually through the system.