Childcare providers threaten closures over ‘unsustainable’ funding plan

Roberta Hines, co-owner of Tiddlywinks and Scallwags Montessori in Maynooth, joined the protest (PA)

Childcare providers have condemned the Government’s planned support for the sector as unsustainable and unworkable during a demonstration outside Leinster House in Dublin.

The Federation of Early Childcare Providers said creche and preschool owners are committed to a series of closures this September over the Government’s Core Funding proposals for Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) providers.