Next week there will be a protest outside Leinster House.#YesToFairCoreFunding. Please meet the FECP at the gates at 11.30. A possible 260 closures next year is not ok. New Core Funding must be fair for all. Paschal Donohoe Peadar Tóibín TD’

Well said.

This is our time ⁦Peadar Tóibín TD⁩ ⁦Paschal Donohoe⁩ ⁦Micheál Martin⁩ ⁦mmcgrathtd⁩ ⁦Pádraig O'Sullivan TD⁩ ⁦Verona Murphy #voteverona⁩ ⁦Neale Richmond⁩ ⁦Jennifer Whitmore TD⁩ ⁦@neasa_neasa⁩ ⁦Brid Smith⁩ ⁦Simon Harris TD⁩ ⁦Jennifer Carroll MacNeill TD⁩

The government's own data showed viability concerns as far back as 2018. Now your local ECCE Preschool, allowing parents to choose part time work, is under enormous pressure, compounded by new incoming staff costs and other factors. Core Funding doesn't solve the problem. HELP!

Direct costs are not the only problem #ECCE Preschools face. The amount of unpaid man hours that are spent on admin is ridiculous. Hundreds of exhausted service owners out there, still up at midnight doing paperwork to ensure compliance. Kathleen Funchion SF Réada Cronin TD 🇮🇪🇵🇸 @BernardDurkanTD

Treasa Keegan ⚡ Kathleen Funchion SF Réada Cronin TD 🇮🇪🇵🇸 @BernardDurkanTD Hours are spent at prepairing projects, observations, admin, courses, journals, parties, birthday parties, outings, communicating with parents the list goes on.. and it doesnt stop in the summer either..

I can assure you, educators up and down this country would rather embrace a child with all her needs, than sit down and work out the cost. Yet here we are, forced to publicise our own needs - including sustainability and respect. James Lawless Mary Lou McDonald #saveECCEPreschools

Protest outside Leinster House Wednesday 22nd June at 11.30 for the Early Learning and Care sector. All welcome. Parents for Change Parents for Change @VOPIRELAND Pádraig O'Sullivan TD @MattShanahanTD The Late Late Show RTÉ News Saturday with Cormac ó hEadhra 96fm Opinion Line Virgin Media News NewstalkFM

Where are the contracts and terms and conditions of this new Core Funding. We where to get them in early June. How can any service make and y business decision at this time. What is the delay ?Roderic O’Gorman TD

gov.ie/en/press-relea… Thank you Roderic O’Gorman TD this is very much appreciated by everyone. We look forward to meeting you tomorrow outside Leinster House for the FECP Protest.

Well said.

Fantastic turn out for FECP protest. Ofer 500 service provider took to the streets along with parents. What a great day. This is our time. Our voices where heard loud and clear. The Federation of Early Childhood Providers Peadar Tóibín TD Neale Richmond Peadar Tóibín TD Verona Murphy #voteverona thank you to all of our members. X

#YesToFairCoreFunding Great turn out today.

Duty of care for providers mental health has been stamped on. Your Core Funding contracts are with a legal team. But you clearly are not linked with the people on the ground or your department. You are closing services you have made the small providers insolvent. Roderic O’Gorman TD

Our minister has said no more. Well your department has made all of us insolvent @MlMcNamaraTD please help us. We will all be gone. This is our only hope now. Our minister is not listening to providers on the ground. fb.watch/dY-Y4mzJV6/

@MlMcNamaraTD Thank you for highlighting this. Roderic O’Gorman TD and @dcediy are not engaging with services and they are not listening. We need real investment now especially in ECCE funding.

Thank you for the last transition fund support payment lodged today for our Preschool offering 44 ECCE places Roderic O’Gorman TD @dcediy Pobal Happy summer holidays ☀️Why is it so difficult to accept/believe what EY Service Providers running Government schemes are saying? RTÉ News

Core Funding has failed ECCE services. parents and children let down and services closing down nationwide. This has to be sorted or 3 day closures and more protest are on the way. We will not stand for this anymore. Enough is enough Parents are now supporting us. mmcgrathtd

While providers felt like they were going insane trying to calculate their funding, there were quiet, unannounced changes causing HAVOC. This is a complete fiasco now, ECCE up in arms, Core Funding delayed. Just please, PLEASE stop messing us around. mmcgrathtd Roderic O’Gorman TD

Treasa Keegan ⚡ mmcgrathtd Roderic O’Gorman TD Ready reckoner was incorrect for months while it was available to the public to work out how much the Early Years Service their child may/may not be attending would be receiving.Some Providers receiving €15/20K less. Why is this continuous stressful treatment allowed to happen?