1674. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the measures in place for the potential fallout from the implementation of new guidelines for crèches that will cause huge difficulties for the staffing of services and that will commence as of 1 January 2017, when the new guidelines are proposed to come into effect; if her attention has been drawn to the crisis in the early years sector in which providers are facing being unable to hire new staff with the required level of qualifications in January 2017; the system being put in place to assist these providers whose employees are either currently upskilling and therefore unable to continue with full-time work at their crèches or have not yet commenced the upskilling process; and if she will make any exceptions for those that have been working with particular services for many years, in order for their experience to count towards the new qualification requirements. [41235/16]

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1674. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the measures in place for the potential fallout from the implementation of new guidelines for crèches that will cause huge difficulties for the staffing of services and that will commence as of 1 January 2017, when the new guidelines are proposed to come into effect; if her attention has been drawn to the crisis in the early years sector in which providers are facing being unable to hire new staff with the required level of qualifications in January 2017; the system being put in place to assist these providers whose employees are either currently upskilling and therefore unable to continue with full-time work at their crèches or have not yet commenced the upskilling process; and if she will make any exceptions for those that have been working with particular services for many years, in order for their experience to count towards the new qualification requirements. [41235/16]

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