Bríd Smith (Dublin South Central, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

I am sorry the Minister, Deputy O'Gorman, has left, because this is really his business. Yesterday he repeated that the core funding model for early childcare and education would benefit 99% of childcare providers but I have met and talked to smaller providers who represent a cohort of 1,500 small childcare providers and they are not seeing any benefits from the new scheme. Many are deciding to leave the sector because they cannot survive. Overwhelmingly, the funding is going to the bigger providers and branches of corporates. Will the Minister meet this cohort? Why are providers being forced to complete mandatory service profiles to access the funds before 22 April when they do not have answers to their questions?

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