1032. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the steps her Department is taking to ensure that the educational standards and professional practice of early years educators working in crèches are maintained and continuously developed through ongoing professional training; whether all registered early learning and care services are required to have a structured CPD programme for their staff; the minimum level of CPD that is expected of educators each year; the way in which compliance with these expectations is monitored through inspection and quality-development processes. [64866/26]

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1032. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the steps her Department is taking to ensure that the educational standards and professional practice of early years educators working in crèches are maintained and continuously developed through ongoing professional training; whether all registered early learning and care services are required to have a structured CPD programme for their staff; the minimum level of CPD that is expected of educators each year; the way in which compliance with these expectations is monitored through inspection and quality-development processes. [64866/26]

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1. 16 September 2026

   Early Childhood Care and Education

   1032. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the steps her Department is taking to ensure that the educational standards and professional practice of early years educators working in crèches are maintained and continuously developed through ongoing professional training; whether all registered early learning and care services are required to have a structured CPD programme for their staff; the minimum level of CPD that is expected of educators each year; the way in which compliance with these expectations is monitored through inspection and quality-development processes. [64866/26]

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