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  We have pulled together all the information that the department have released about the upcoming protest as published on their website today. The Department of Children and Youth Affairs understands that some childcare providers intend to close, or reduce

The minister for children has outlined a number of measures to support childcare providers. The actions outlined by Katherine Zappone include addressing the information overload between different agencies and providers, providing a better customer service to providers, ironing out challenges

Hundreds of childcare facilities are set to shut for a day in the coming weeks following a meeting of creche operators and childcare workers on Thursday night. A range of childcare groups met to finalise plans which will sees creches

A number of new outlets are reporting this morning that childcare providers plan to stage 24-hour protest – during working hours. Some of the article: Childcare providers to stage 24-hour protest – BreakingNews.ie Threat of childcare chaos as union and

One childcare provider is given €26,000 but many get just €1,000 or less from fund to assist with soaring insurance cost Half of the creches given a last-minute emergency payment as an insurance crisis threatened providers across the sector with

Irish Independent Report that a Crèche owner closing her business in protest after 300pc insurance price rise   A crèche owner in Co Carlow is closing her business in protest at increased childcare costs and slammed the Government for its

The Irish Independent is reporting that Childcare providers are to receive €1,500 one-off payment to deal with extra insurance costs Minister for Children Katherine Zappone says the government will be sanctioning a one-off payment averaging €1,500 to registered childcare providers

Government willing to consider an emergency fund to prevent creches from closing because of a withdrawal of insurance cover – reports the Irish Examiner The Government is willing to consider an emergency fund to prevent creches from closing because of

From The Herald:   Small and medium-sized creches and community childcare operations face a whopping 200pc insurance hike in 2020 after a major UK underwriter quit the Irish market in the wake of the Hyde & Seek controversy.   A

BreakingNews.ie this morning reports that thousands of parents are set to be left without childcare from January as creches close their doors because of an insurance crisis. The departure of one of the biggest insurance providers in the sector means

The Irish Independent have more information this morning on the news that broke over the weekend. One of the two major insurers covering the Irish Childcare market has withdrawn from the market. They say: Créche operators could be left scrambling

More bad news for creche owners as one of the two companies insuring childcare facilities has decided to exit the Irish market. The Business Post reports that Ironshore Europe has informed brokers it will not be quoting for renewals following

  Do I qualify for the National Childcare Scheme? Perhaps the most frequently asked question about the new National Childcare Scheme (NCS): The good news is that universal subsidies will be available to all families with children under three-years-of-age OR

CCSP & TEC Closing dates CCSP will permanently close for new registrations at midnight on  Friday 15th November, 2019 in advance of the commencement of the National Childcare Scheme.  After this date only CCSP registrations with a status of ‘Submitted’ , ‘Provisional’ and

We get a search for childcare every 3 minutes on our website. Here are some of the searches that our visitors made during the week. People often google “Creches Near Me” and find our website and here are some of

To support timely payment of subsidies under the Scheme, Pobal has contacted all providers in contract to invite them to complete their programme readiness activities on the new Early Years Hive in advance of the Scheme launch. The Department of

Todays Irish Times reports that the HSE warns that businesses may need to cease trading due to water issues. The supply of water by childcare operators is governed by strict European directives and regulations, which mean each business must have

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

We thought we should post a news article on the much talked about and very disturbing Momo “Challenge” that is in the news this week. If your child watches Peppa Pig and other children’s material online via YouTube and other

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