Childminding in Ireland: attitudes towards professionalisation

Miriam O'Regan, Technological University Dublin
Ann Marie Halpenny, Technological University Dublin
Noirin Hayes, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland

European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, Volume 27, 2019 - Issue 6

Abstract

In light of rapid changes in the early years sector in Ireland since 2000, questions arise about the professionalism of childminders (family day carers), the vast majority of whom are exempt from regulation. Fewer than 0.1% (