Katherine Zappone (Dublin South West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Regarding the Deputy's first question, as I described, I have an advisory group and the sector chose the representatives that would be on it. We asked the sector to choose. I think that is a good principle. Those are the people who are there.

I made the decision that we needed childminders because they are going to be a key part of the solution, especially as we move forward, and also the unions. I am going to establish a reference group and we are going to invite several other people who represent certain parts of this sector. Apart from the federation, there are other groupings and people with representatives. We are going to look at that and I am going to set up that reference group next week.

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