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

I was trying to push the Minister on the issue of the community employment, CE worker and the community creches. Did the Minister see this as an opportunity for the community creches to take on the additional staff that they may have lost? I do not want to be disingenuous but I did the sums on it myself and if one was to break it down, the 7% would not bring their wages up to minimum wage. Does the Minister have plans going into the future as to how we can help and support the community sector after the loss of the CE worker? I still regularly hear about that loss and how expensive it is for creches to recruit staff. Not only is it hard to recruit, but it is expensive because they are continuously competing. Now they will be competing all the more because they may not be able to afford to take on the extra staff.

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