3 beautiful childcare services announced closure yesterday. Politicians pretend they want to address places for parents, yet they do nothing to help current services remain open & viable. Department of Children, Disability and Equality has failed small services Norma Foley T.D WHERE ARE YOU? #failederofailedcorefunding

sharononeill Department of Children, Disability and Equality Norma Foley T.D Mark Wall TD The Federation of Early Childhood Providers ACP Ireland Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Irish Independent Unfortunately many small services are closing again this year and no one seems to care enough to help our sector #savesmallbusinesses The Federation of Early Childhood Providers ISME

ECCE "model of good practice which other countries could look to" Yet, Department of Children, Disability and Equality continue to force these services into CLOSURE. ECCE fees frozen since 2016. An insulting €4.60 per hr paid to services for a highly beneficial service for children & families! SHAMEFUL Elaine Dunne Federation Early Childhood Providers

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14,000 babies this is pure evil!!

Utterly ridiculous policy Department of Children, Disability and Equality to keep providing funds for new buildings while watching

sharononeill Department of Children, Disability and Equality Providing grants to increase capacity in the sector while standing back and letting well established underfunded existing fully kitted out and staffed services close. Where is the common sense Department of Children, Disability and Equality

SharonT sharononeill Department of Children, Disability and Equality Common sense does not exist here.Government will starve existing services, prioritising a public model and sending funding their way. No increase in ECCE funding since 2010, €69 per child per week, it’s disgraceful. I know many parents who cannot get an ECCE place this year

Shame on Fianna Fáil + Fine Gael! They have just voted down Sinn Féin’s Bill to stop the Irish Central Bank facilitating the sale of Israeli war bonds. These bonds pay for the weapons used to slaughter men, women and children in their tens of thousands. This flies in the face

🚨🚨EMERGENCY ALERT CARLOW🚨🚨 Shots fired at Tesco Carlow. Armed response Unit at scene. #Carlow #TescoCarlow

🚨 Major Incident AC112, The Irish Air Corps Air Ambulance has landed Carlow Town following *unconfirmed* reports of a shooting Incident at Fairgreen shopping centre Unclear if the helicopter landing is related. Armed gardai and other emergency services are on scene. Updates

Hands off our neutrality!✊🏼🇮🇪 liam cunningham

🇮🇪Mas, Das and grandparents see the writing on the wall and we will not allow our children to be dragged into war for the greed of others. The fight to defend Ireland’s neutrality is on! Today in Dublin, we sent a clear message to FF/FG: we will not stand by as you dismantle the

Taoiseach hints childcare focus in Budget will be on increasing places rather than cutting costs share.google/9FCzvb1NE91Lm5… the focus needs to be on stopping services from closing down. Places are diminishing because of funding allocations. Please work with us on this

Elaine Dunne Federation Early Childhood Providers Pity it wasn't in place before I was forced to close 😭😔. Hopefully other small services will be saved.

Our service has cut 4 staff & 22 places despite a waiting list for these places! Why? simply because we cannot afford it. Standalone ecce is not viable yet it is a vital service for preschool children €69 fee since 2016 😡 Mark Wall TD

Anyone else concerned that report number 123 into historical religious abuses is an attempt to distract from the active missing children from Tulsa care, lack of Special education spaces, Homeless children, scoliosis inaction, cost of childcare, gender affirmation mutilation of

Preschool services closing across the country mullingar, Limerick, Cork, Dublin, Kildare just as predicted Elaine Dunne Federation Early Childhood Providers too many photos to post. MADNESS insufficient spaces yet zero help to keep services afloat Mark Wall TD Department of Children, Disability and Equality Micheál Martin

How is this discrimination of childcare services allowed? Norma Foley T.D Old services tied to 2016 fees, new services able to set new fees miles apart. Chains allowed into schools no tender required, new fees & no rates to be paid while sm local services left excluded from it all

When policy ignores services & focuses solely on fees & and staffing, you get this! NO SERVICES #failedpolicy Time to pay services fairly Increase Ecce rates & Co. average should be for everyone. STOP discriminating older services! #FECP Elaine Dunne Federation Early Childhood Providers facebook.com/share/p/1BjrXL…