CHARSET="UTF-16"; AXIS-VERSION="2013"; LANGUAGE="en"; LAST-UPDATED="20251202 11:00"; OFFICIAL-STATISTICS="YES"; DECIMALS=1; MATRIX="TALISA28"; SUBJECT-AREA="Early Learning and Care Settings (OECD TALIS 2024)"; SUBJECT-CODE="TALIS"; DESCRIPTION="Barriers to Early Learning & Care (ELC) staff participation in professional development"; TITLE="Barriers to Early Learning & Care (ELC) staff participation in professional development - Group, Barriers to staff professional development, Level of agreement and Year 2024"; CONTENTS="Barriers to Early Learning & Care (ELC) staff participation in professional development"; UNITS="%"; STUB="Statistic"; HEADING="Year","Group","Barriers to staff professional development","Level of agreement"; CONTVARIABLE="Statistic"; VALUES("Statistic")="Barriers to ELC staff participation in professional development"; VALUES("Year")="2024"; VALUES("Group")="Settings for children under age 3","Pre-primary settings (ISCED level 02)"; VALUES("Barriers to staff professional development")="Lacks pre-requisites needed to attend","Lacks skills to use necessary digital resources and tools", "No access to necessary digital resources and tools","Lacks the necessary language skills","Transportation to and/or from training is too difficult", "Professional development is too expensive","Lack of ELC setting manager support","Conflicts with my work schedule", "No time due to other commitments or responsibilities","No professional development offered in areas of my interest","No incentives to participate", "Insufficient staff to fill-in for my absence"; VALUES("Level of agreement")="Strongly disagree","Disagree","Agree","Strongly agree"; TIMEVAL("Year")=TLIST(A1),"2024"; CODES("Statistic")="TALISA28C01"; CODES("Group")="10","20"; CODES("Barriers to staff professional development")="10","15","20","25","30","35","40","45","50","55","60","65"; CODES("Level of agreement")="50","40","20","10"; DOMAIN("Group")="C04545V05329"; DOMAIN("Barriers to staff professional development")="C04563V05349"; DOMAIN("Level of agreement")="C03966V04724"; UNITS("Barriers to ELC staff participation in professional development")="%"; REFPERIOD("Barriers to ELC staff participation in professional development")=" "; BASEPERIOD("Barriers to ELC staff participation in professional development")=" "; SOURCE="Central Statistics Office, Ireland"; NOTE=""; DATA= 40.5 40.2 15.1 4.1 39.6 41.4 16.7 2.3 34.2 37 21.5 7.3 41.2 35.8 18.1 4.9 34.7 39.7 19.6 6 9.6 21.6 44.4 24.4 21.7 36.9 29 12.4 11.4 29.4 37.5 21.7 11 28.4 40.6 20 19 46.5 27.5 7.1 10.6 27.7 32.2 29.5 7.3 19.1 32.1 41.5 39.8 45.8 10.8 3.6 43.9 40.9 14.1 1.1 39.2 38.1 18.5 4.3 44 37.6 16.1 2.3 41.2 38.2 17.7 2.8 13.7 21.3 41.6 23.4 27.9 40.3 22.3 9.5 14.3 29.4 37.9 18.5 11.4 27.5 43.2 17.9 24.4 45.6 25.1 4.8 13.8 29 32.8 24.5 11.4 21.8 30.2 36.6;