# childcare - Tuesday 5 March, 2019
In 2017, 45% of lone parents reported a heavy financial burden due to housing costs.
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# childcare - Sunday 7 October, 2018
Petrol, diesel, fuel and cigarettes are all set to rise.
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# childcare - Monday 17 September, 2018
“His experience in care is augmenting his experience of harm that brought him into care,” the judge said.
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# childcare - Friday 3 August, 2018
“We’re pursuing this as an idea, as a novel idea. We’re going to continue to push for it.”
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# childcare - Thursday 2 August, 2018
The idea of the Grandparent and Grandchild Expenses Reimbursement Scheme was raised with the Taoiseach this week.
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# childcare - Sunday 10 June, 2018
As part of our How My Business Works series, we profile Dublin-based Tigers Childcare.
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# childcare - Sunday 11 February, 2018
Tell us what you think.
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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.
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# childcare - Sunday 14 January, 2018
The introduction of a universal subsidy for childcare in September saw many creches across the country raise their fees at the same time.
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# childcare - Monday 30 October, 2017
The early years sector profile of each county is broken down in the Pobal report.
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# childcare - Tuesday 10 October, 2017
An increase to some child benefits, investment in the State’s free childcare scheme and more teachers are among the changes.
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# childcare - Monday 9 October, 2017
Ibec says it supports the introduction of new reporting measures, akin to similar structures already in place in Australia.
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# childcare - Monday 4 September, 2017
Childcare providers have subsidised the chronic underfunding from the government out of their own pockets for years, writes Jennifer Whitmore.
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Many creches across Ireland are increasing their fees in parallel with the introduction of a new €20 weekly subsidy aimed at easing the financial burden on parents.
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# childcare - Wednesday 30 August, 2017
Ignoring Gwyneth Paltrow is essential for survival, writes Ciara McDonnell.
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# childcare - Tuesday 8 August, 2017
I am ready for the negotiations ahead and have already made clear that the increases secured for childcare in Budget 2017 must at the very least be matched, writes Minister Katherine Zappone.
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# childcare - Saturday 5 August, 2017
Minister Katherine Zappone has set aside €4 million for the project, which is being put out to tender.
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# childcare - Friday 4 August, 2017
The review will take 10 months to complete and will inform Minister Katherine Zappone’s future budget decisions.
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# childcare - Wednesday 2 August, 2017
And how you could save €1,040 a year in costs.
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# childcare - Tuesday 1 August, 2017
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said he hopes to expand the subsidy scheme to more families in the future.
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# childcare - Wednesday 26 July, 2017
Family childcare comes at a price that can be difficult to define, writes Chrissie Russell.
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# childcare - Monday 10 July, 2017
Minister for Children Katherine Zappone also announced expanded free childcare for refugees today.
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# childcare - Sunday 4 June, 2017
A new universal subsidy comes into force from September.
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# childcare - Sunday 14 May, 2017
As Budget preparations begin, Minister Zappone says she will be arguing for more money come October.
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# childcare - Friday 12 May, 2017
Last night, the parents had three weeks to arrange alternative childcare. Tonight, they were told they’d have three months.
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# childcare - Saturday 29 April, 2017
Caring in the home needs to be supported too, writes Pauline O’Reilly.
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# childcare - Monday 3 April, 2017
Policy is driving precarious work for professionals in childcare, writes Sinead Pembroke.
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# childcare - Tuesday 14 March, 2017
Jamie Doyle (8) and Mark Doyle (5) sued the creche through their mother.
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# childcare - Sunday 22 January, 2017
This represents an increase of almost 50% in a year, and comes before Zappone brings her plans before the Dáil next week.
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# childcare - Friday 20 January, 2017
The woman said she has suffered back pain since the incident.
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# childcare - Wednesday 2 November, 2016
The study looked at 9,000 children under the age of 5 in Ireland.
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# childcare - Sunday 23 October, 2016
Green Party leader Eamon Ryan made the remarkable claim in the Dáil this week. Is it true?
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# childcare - Friday 14 October, 2016
Adults need to step away and put children back at the centre of childcare, writes Tanya Ward.
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It’s understood the department will be calling for all childcare services and creches to be transparent and publish the cost of their fees.
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# childcare - Thursday 13 October, 2016
Zappone said she met members from the childcare sector yesterday morning where the issue was raised.
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# childcare - Tuesday 11 October, 2016
Subsidised childcare, increased benefits for single parents and tax cuts will all benefit families.
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# childcare - Tuesday 4 October, 2016
TheJournal.ie have received an advance copy of the party’s “alternative budget” to be unveiled today.
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# childcare - Tuesday 2 August, 2016
The court was told the mother had been going to rehab but had fallen back in with drug use.
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# childcare - Monday 1 August, 2016
It is hoped the child will be placed in a long-term home after the summer.
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# childcare - Monday 18 July, 2016
A reader explains why education alone is not enough to gain financial security.
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