Affordable childcare scheme welcomed widely

There has been a broadly positive reaction from children’s groups to the new affordable childcare scheme, with the National Women’s Council describing it as a breakthrough for the provision of childcare in Ireland.

Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform Paschal Donohoe told the Dáil that the €35m Single Affordable Childcare Scheme would be introduced in September 2017.

It will provide parental means-tested subsidies towards the cost of childcare for children aged six months to 15 years and universal subsidies of up to €80 a month or €900 a year for all children aged between six months and three years.

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