Childcare News

Children’s Minister announces €3m fund for creches who sign up to National Childcare Scheme Children’s Minister Katherine Zappone has announced a €3m fund for creches and child-minders who sign up to the new National Childcare Scheme. It will allow them

Opinion: 64% of workers in Ireland earn less than the ‘average’ salary Experts agree that the median average is a better indicator of typical salaries, so why do policymakers always focus on the mean average? writes Felim O’Rourke in The

Around 7,500 extra children will qualify for childcare subsidies under a new national scheme. The scheme, which will not open until October, has increased the top net income threshold to €60,000 meaning more parents will be able to avail of

Regulations on school-age childcare come into effect Regulations requiring the registration of school-age childcare services have come into effect. Childcare services for school-age children must now register with  www.tusla.ie, the Child and Family Agency by 18 May. School-age services that

Minister Zappone announces the streamlining of existing targeted childcare schemes in preparation for the transition to the new Affordable Childcare Scheme in October 2019 DCYA Press Release – Minister Zappone announces the streamlining of existing targeted childcare schemes in preparation for

Only 56% of parents believe that childcare staff are fully qualified professionals Barnardos are pushing the government to make major changes to the childcare system After Barnardos released the findings of their latest survey on parenting, a challenge that many

Even when your preschool closes over the weekend, we’ll keep growing your business. Here’s a selection of enquiries sent to childcare providers who are listed on our site over this past weekend alone. I would just like to enquire if you take

The Department of Children and Youth Affairs (DCYA) has declined to provide an estimate as to when the ACS, originally slated for September 2017, will be able to officially launch. THE GOVERNMENT’S SIGNATURE Affordable Childcare Scheme (ACS) is set to

‘Laughable’, ‘a joke’, ‘cynical’, ‘opportunistic’ – Zappone brought to task by parents over childcare fees crisis The introduction of a universal subsidy for childcare in September saw many creches across the country raise their fees at the same time. THE

A lack of childcare has meant that almost 30pc of parents could not attend work or missed out on job opportunities, a new survey has found. The research also found that women are twice as likely as men to miss

Why this créche chain is banning glitter for Christmas crafts ‘If we’re all getting through kilos and kilos of it, we’re doing terrible damage,’ says director A nursery chain is to ban children from using glitter because of fears about

A report has put Ireland at the bottom when it comes to the amount spent on pre-primary education. The report, by philanthropic foundation Bertelsmann Stiftung, also ranks Ireland 21st out of 28 countries on education equality and criticises Ireland’s two

This is what parents are asking childcare providers Every day, parents use ChildcareFinder.ie to contact childcare providers who are listed on our site. Here are just a selection of  enquiries sent to childcare providers who are listed our site in the last

The lesson is that struggling preschool staff want a fair wage Parents are paying the equivalent of a second mortgage on childcare because state investment is 10% of what is internationally recommended, says Marian Quinn EARLY childhood education and care will

An additional €20 million will be allocated towards supporting childcare measures, including the extended free pre-school programme. This means there will be a full two-year service available from September 2018. During his budget speech in the Dail today, Mr Donoghue said

Budget cash for updating childcare facilities Childcare providers will receive increased funding to upgrade their facilities and assist with administration costs as part of Budget 2018. Having rolled out the first phase of the affordable childcare scheme, Children’s Minister Katherine

Childcare providers want to lower qualifications standards for staff Group says carers are being ‘forced out’ of sector due to excessive regulation Childcare providers want the Government to reduce qualification standards for their employees in order to tackle a “staffing

‘Huge crèche fees are not the childcare sector’s fault. They’re the minister’s fault’ Affordable childcare schemes are great but shouldn’t rearing children at home also be more ‘affordable’ Staying at home for a parent, be it mother or father, is

More than 80% of childcare providers have signed up to deliver extra supports for families. There had been fears that parents would not be able to avail of the new Affordable Childcare scheme, as many facilities were slow to register citing

Affordable Childcare Scheme: ‘Childcare providers are desperate and frustrated’ Childcare providers have subsidised the chronic underfunding from the government out of their own pockets for years, Jennifer Whitmore writes for TheJournal.ie – link below THERE HAS BEEN lots of feelgood

Crèches will be ‘monitored’ over abuse of childcare subsidy Minister Zappone warns against profiteering as Affordable Childcare Scheme begins Parents of children in registered childcare providers will have up to €80 a month knocked off their bills under the Affordable

Increase to childcare subsidy could be scrapped if crèches hike prices – Zappone warns The proposed boost to the childcare subsidy will be scrapped if crèches increase prices a planned, Children’s Minister Katherine Zappone has warned. The Minister wants to