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A is for anger – childcare providers take aim at minister as sector struggles
The sector is claiming funding and red tape are putting their businesses under pressure but the government has hit back to defend its record
There’s an information war going on in Ireland’s childcare sector, and it’s getting increasingly ugly.
Talk to many providers, or the vocal lobby group that represents thousands of them, and you’ll get a picture of services on the brink of closure in a sector they say is at crisis point amid rising costs and a government scheme that ties them to fee structures created years ago, before a pandemic and a pair of global ...
