Childcare providers say they’re ‘fearful’ of the health implications of government’s new plan to provide the service in the homes of healthcare workers.
Hundreds of childcare facilities are set to shut on Wednesday as thousands of staff and parents take part in a “day of protest” over pay and conditions in the sector.
It’s kind of nearly like blackmail at the moment that they are saying ‘well if you do go on strike, or you do walk out or object or rally on the fifth of February that basically she is going to pull the plug on the funding for that day.
Cork childcare providers on why they are protesting to highlight the crisis in their sector.