Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

On the level 5 qualification for the care assistants, clearly it would be ideal if they were all qualified to that level. There are many people working in the nursing home sector who perhaps started working a long time ago and who would not necessarily have that qualification but would have the experience. There is a facility there for one’s experience to be recognised in some way, shape or form. On bringing everyone up to the standard, would Professor Kelleher see that as being a viable option rather than asking people who perhaps 15 years' experience to go back into a classroom setting?