Part of 1. 1. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Education – in the Senedd at 1:48 pm on 2 November 2016.
Thank you, once again, Llywydd. The Mudiad Meithrin lost £470,000 last year, and is going to close its crèche in the Old Library centre in Cardiff because of a lack of take-up of the service. Now, at the same time, I hear from the staff of the ‘cylchoedd’ themselves that they receive less than the living wage on a practical level because they can’t complete all of their preparatory work, clearing-up work and general admin within the time for which they are paid. Mudiad Meithrin is a fundamental part of the structure to develop the use of the Welsh language and to promote Welsh-medium education. Is the problem a poor financial model or do you need to look more closely at this to see what has gone wrong?