Emma Gleeson

[Emma Gleeson @EmmaGleeson7]

@piersmorgan You speak as if you aren’t a “Twitter hater”. It seems to be your main purpose on Twitter

[Emma Gleeson @EmmaGleeson7]

@GerryMcBride I agree Gerry! I mean how is able to stay awake past midnight?? He needs to share this secret!

[Emma Gleeson @EmmaGleeson7]

@danwootton Imagine caring that much about other peoples lives. It must be exhausting

[Emma Gleeson @EmmaGleeson7]

@piersmorgan Or you can think that the British tabloids are intent on destroying Harry and Meghan.

[Noel Chambers @noelfchambers]

@LemonsforLemon1 @edellephillips1 @rodericogorman It was atrocious in 2010 when it was introduced at €4.30 ph. It’s beyond a joke in 2022 that it has only risen 30c in 12 yrs. If the minister and the DCEDIY drag it out long enough with this review of ECCE there’ll be no change to Capitation this side of budget ‘24, if ever.

[Emma Gleeson @EmmaGleeson7]

@noelfchambers @rodericogorman @MurphyDunne Exactly! It’s quite clear now the minister only cares about properly funding the services that cost parents money. If we were all charging fees we would be getting loads in core funding no doubt!

[Emma Gleeson @EmmaGleeson7]

@rodericogorman

[Noel Chambers @noelfchambers]

@rodericogorman @MurphyDunne ECCE providers must have been making a fortune for years as the minister expects us to cover almost all of the cost of living increases over 12 years, hundreds of hours of extra admin, the new ERO & sick pay in the new year from 2015 capitation rates.

[Emma Gleeson @EmmaGleeson7]

@celinegovern Lovely idea! Going to steal this. Who doesn’t love a box😀

[Emma Gleeson @EmmaGleeson7]

@rodericogorman just not good enough! How can core funding be fair if it’s putting people out of business!

[Emma Gleeson @EmmaGleeson7]

@rodericogorman

[Elaine Dunne Federation Early Childhood Providers @MurphyDunne]

And all we are looking for in our sector is €30m to save small and average services ECCE capitation to be raised by €7 a week to start with and index link it from here on in. We have to be viable not sustainable. @dcediy @rodericogorman @Toibin1

[Emma Gleeson @EmmaGleeson7]

@greenparty_ie @rodericogorman What about ECCE only services that currently have zero cost to parents? They will be non existent in a few years if you don’t start to properly fund them. A lot of parents are not going to be happy with the disappearance of their free preschools

[Emma Gleeson @EmmaGleeson7]

@rodericogorman please please do something for us. Listen to our representatives when they tell you that core funding is not fair. Don’t abandon us!

[Elaine Dunne Federation Early Childhood Providers @MurphyDunne]

We are meeting our minister on Monday afternoon for discussion around the viability of small and medium services. We are hopeful for a good out come. Minister we can only hope you are not going to waste our time and that you will put real solutions on the table. @rodericogorman

[🦋Garren Bellew (garrenb.bsky.social) @garrenbellew]

@EYEducatorIrl Announcement today regarding my wife’s small rural Montessori School. She’s inconsolable having to do this as it was always more of a vocation for her. https://t.co/iT4t5kwD8l

[Emma Gleeson @EmmaGleeson7]

@MsKellyScoilIde Wonderful teacher, thanks so much for giving our children these fun learning opportunities.

[Emma Gleeson @EmmaGleeson7]

@rodericogorman

[Treasa Keegan ⚡ @TreasaKeegan]

Services need €76 capitation PLUS CORE FUNDING. The Minister keeps spinning it as though if only these complaining services would sign up, life would be great. The majority of protestors HAVE signed up and still can't survive. Read that again. And again, please. Thank you.

[Emma Gleeson @EmmaGleeson7]

@rodericogorman

[godfrey o'dowd @godowd29]

@FederationEarly @rodericogorman @dcediy @MichealMartinTD @LeoVaradkar @EamonRyan @pobal @rteliveline @NewstalkFM @IrishTimesPol @Independent_ie @TheSundayIndo People do not shut their businesses and take the streets on a whim. They do this because there are serious issues - if the increased funding that the minister keeps talking about had made its way to the ECCE sector then would be no reason for these protests. It hasn't.

[The Federation of Early Childhood Providers @FederationEarly]

Massive protests all around the country on Friday 11th - and another planned for 25th November.

MINISTER, THIS IS EVIDENCE!

@rodericogorman @dcediy @MichealMartinTD @LeoVaradkar @EamonRyan @pobal @rteliveline @NewstalkFM @IrishTimesPol @Independent_ie @TheSundayIndo

[Emma Gleeson @EmmaGleeson7]

@rodericogorman Shows the flaws in the whole system. Those who never had graduates benefitted more than those with graduates and yet you say you want a graduate led workforce. It makes no sense!

[Emma Gleeson @EmmaGleeson7]

@rodericogorman

[Bridget Dowling BA.,MA Leadership in ECEC @BridgetD666]

@johncookeradio @RTERadio1 @drivetimerte @FederationEarly @rodericogorman Core funding leaves ecce only services behind. funding based on the more hours open age range of children and more days open each year. ECCE sessional model caters for the education of 3 to 5yr olds 3 hours a day 38 weeks a year. Restructure core funding model to include ecce

[Emma Gleeson @EmmaGleeson7]

@rodericogorman @LeoVaradkar

[Treasa Keegan ⚡ @TreasaKeegan]

@dcediy you should let the public know how you withdrew some funding, replaced it with other funding, and left us high and dry in the face of inflation. Our protest is NOT "unwarranted". How insulting. Do the sums!