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8th July 2016
10:15am BST

"We're getting ready to provide 60,000 extra children to avail of free services starting in September." she said. "The new contract that we are going to be offering to the preschool providers is now on our website, they can take a look at it and sign up to provide the service as soon as they're ready to do so."The Minister for Children and Youth Affairs has also written to all early years service providers advising them to ensure that all of their staff members working directly with children are aware that new Child Care Regulations will require all such staff to hold a minimum qualification of Level 5 or equivalent by December 31, 2016. Unqualified staff members have been advised to commence training as soon as possible.
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