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Children aged 0-5 years to benefit from €8.25m change to the Community Childcare Subvention Scheme Statement by the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Dr Katherine Zappone Thursday 15th December, 2016 Children aged 0-5 years whose parents are homeless are to be offered free childcare for 25-hours a week under an change to the Community Childcare Subvention scheme announced by [...]

On 6th December, Limerick Childcare Committee officially launched a research report into the real cost of childcare in Limerick, "Limerick Childcare Committee Financial Models 2016". The purpose of the research was to identify the operating costs of various childcare services and to examine the impact that changes to costs and income have on the sustainability of services. The findings raise [...]

Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Katherine Zappone TD, has launched the Early Years, Service Profile, 2015/2016. The document provides a comprehensive national analysis of the 4,300 services providing early childhood care and education in Ireland. The data is collated by Pobal in conjunction with the Department of Children and Youth Affairs. Some of the findings in the report: Attendance: An [...]

Please see https://www.limerickchildcare.ie/providers/pobal-compliance/ for more information.

Single Affordable Childcare Scheme (text taken from DCYA website) On Tuesday 11th October 2016 it was announced that an additional €19m has been agreed in Budget 2017 to enable the introduction of a new Single Affordable Childcare Scheme from September 2017.  This will replace the existing childcare subsidisation schemes (excluding the free pre-school scheme) from September 2017 with a single, [...]