Mr Davey told The Sligo Champion he, his wife and other childcare professionals and Early Years educators want to help out by providing childcare to the people who need it most right now, - frontline workers. Mr Davey says he and others would much prefer to be working and helping out and getting paid for that work. Another Sligo childcare provider told The Sligo Champion that though she and her staff would like to help struggling frontline workers with childcare, she said it could only be facilitated following correct guidelines. If childcare was facilitated in the normal setting of the childcare facility then we would be happy to help," she added. The payment is seen as integral to help keep providers operational to be ready to open when it is safe to do so.

Source: Irish Independent May 01, 2020 23:03 UTC