The latest report from Growing up in Ireland, the national longitudinal study of children, funded by the government, which will follow a group of nine-year-old children and a group of nine month olds over a period of seven years, focuses on childcare choices and mothers' return to work. The findings are based on interviews with more than 11,000 families of nine-month-olds and survey responses of those providing childcare.
The report shows that more than 50 per cent of home-based carers, mainly childminders, do not hold related qualifications, and only one in five nursery employees have Level 3 or HETAC, a nationally recognised childcare qualification.
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