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'Desperate uncertainty' - Irish childcare sector calls for longterm plan

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'Desperate uncertainty' - Irish childcare sector calls for longterm plan

A leader in the early years sector is calling on the government to implement a "coherent" childcare plan. Early Childhood Ireland (ECI) said young children deserve more than what they've called the government's "shorttermist approach". The group has ...

05 Oct 2021 at 13:47

Irish childcare group wants to keep enhanced wage subsidy scheme to help sector cope

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Irish childcare group wants to keep enhanced wage subsidy scheme to help sector cope

A trade group representing Irish childcare providers is urgently calling on the government to maintain the Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme (EWSS) at its current level. According to Childhood Services Ireland, the enhanced rate of EWSS is "essential" ...

23 Nov 2021 at 16:52

Record number of families benefitting from subsidised childcare, O'Gorman confirms

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Record number of families benefitting from subsidised childcare, O'Gorman confirms

A record number of families in Ireland are now benefitting from subsidised early learning and childcare. That's according to the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Roderic O'Gorman, who today (January 19) confirmed ...

19 Jan 2023 at 16:04

Revealed - the financial cost of a baby in its first year

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Revealed - the financial cost of a baby in its first year

The average expenditure on a baby from birth to their first birthday in Ireland totted up to €10,546, according to a study released today. The BabyDoc Club research with over 1,450 parents calculated their actual average spend across 12 universal ...

20 Jul 2020 at 17:06

Sinn Fein: 10-euro-a-day childcare plan could be in place by next year

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Sinn Fein: 10-euro-a-day childcare plan could be in place by next year

Sinn Fein has unveiled a childcare plan which aims to reduce costs for parents to 10 euro a day per child. The party is also proposing to increase the pay of early years educators in a bid to increase capacity in the constrained early childhood ...

12 Sept 2024 at 19:07

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'Long overdue' - Over €700m allocated to childcare sector in Budget 2022

Over seven hundred million euro has been allocated to the childcare sector as part of Budget 2022. It was announced today by Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Michael McGrath, who said it marked "a turning point" in the government's ...

12 Oct 2021 at 17:00

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Almost €30,000 funding for seven childcare providers in Louth

Funding of just under €30,000 has been announced today, as part of a nationwide allocation of €1.2 million from the School Age Childcare Capital Scheme, by the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Dr. Katherine Zappone. The seven ...

17 Aug 2017 at 16:34

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Majority of adults believe childcare professionals should be deemed key workers in vaccination plan

82% of all Irish adults believe childcare professionals should be classified as ‘key workers’ in the vaccine roll-out plan, according to a recent survey. The early education and childcare sector is currently open for children of ...

13 Feb 2021 at 10:06

TDs urged to take childcare crisis seriously as Dáil returns

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TDs urged to take childcare crisis seriously as Dáil returns

Early Childhood Ireland (ECI) is calling on the government to take the childcare investment crisis seriously. ECI made the call today as TDs return to Dáil Eireann after the summer recess. The early years organisation wants the ...

15 Sept 2021 at 12:35

Childcare provider: Budget measures meaningless without fixing staff shortage

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Childcare provider: Budget measures meaningless without fixing staff shortage

The budget has “done nothing” to address capacity issues in the childcare sector, a provider has said. Regina Bushell, the founder of Grovelands Childcare, said that although there is record investment in the sector, it has ...

01 Oct 2024 at 19:35

Govt wants to 'significantly lower' childcare fees for parents - Tánaiste

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Govt wants to 'significantly lower' childcare fees for parents - Tánaiste

Ireland’s deputy leader said the Government wants to “significantly” lower childcare fees for parents as well as addressing rising costs for those working in the sector. Tánaiste Leo Varadkar’s comments today (Wednesday ...

22 Jun 2022 at 13:00

Childcare industry struggling to find staff as stress and workload increases, survey finds

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Childcare industry struggling to find staff as stress and workload increases, survey finds

A survey of over 2,000 child care providers last month by trade union Siptu has found that most have vacancies for staff, and almost all of them say that recruitment is negatively affecting the care they offer. Darragh ...

20 Apr 2023 at 18:30

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