Anne Rabbitte (Galway East, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I wish to ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when her Department will arrange for payments to be issued to community early years child care providers in recognition of the impact on those providers of the full implementation of the Child Care Act 1991 (Early Years Services) Regulations 2016 relating to the minimum FETAC level 5 qualification for staff in respect of the €1 million fund she has announced; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that certain community early years providers require these funds to maintain their services; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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