Niall Collins (Limerick, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I agree with what the Minister said. I ask him and his officials to keep under review the issue of childminders we raised on Committee Stage. I do not want to reopen the debate and I accept it is the Minister's democratic right not to accept the amendment we tabled at the time. However, some 50,000 children are being minded by approximately 19,000 childminders and only 1% of those will be subject to vetting. As it is a large body, I ask the Minister to keep it under review and if necessary we can come back and revisit it.

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