Creche Owners Protesting Next Week Will Be Docked Hundreds In State Funding

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Thursday, 30 January 2020 10:18

By Ellen Butler

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It's expected 1,300 childcare providers will shut to highlight the ongoing crisis.

Creche owners who are taking part in a protest next week are set to lose out on hundreds of euro in state funding.

The protest is being organised for next Wednesday by the Early Years Alliance to demand a 'sustainable solution to the childcare crisis'.

But the Department of Children has told childcare providers they'll be docked state funding for the day if they take part.

Regina Bushell - Managing Director of Grovelands Childcare in Athlone, Mullingar and Tullamore - feels this is further evidence of the pressure the Department of Children is putting on the sector:

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