Siptu calls for introduction of state-run childcare services amid staff ‘exodus’ and waiting list crisis

In its pre-budget submission, the union also urged a 10pc pay rise for creche workers

Union said the early years sector was at 'a crossroads'. Photo: Getty

The Government has been urged to open the first state-run childcare service by next year to tackle a “waiting list crisis”.

In a Siptu pre-budget submission, the union is also asking the Government to back a 10pc pay rise for creche workers to halt an “exodus” from the sector.

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