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Childcare Needs To Attract The Best Workers And Keep Them
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Paul talks to Frances Byrne from Early Childhood Ireland and John Bowman from Bel Childcare Donnybrook about a missing piece in the childcare shortage puzzle, stable wages and accommodation for workers and how the forthcoming Budget will help.
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