# childcare - Thursday 4 February, 2021
# Department Of Children
# Department Of Children
The department appointed former Labour Court chairman and barrister Dr Kevin Duffy as the independent chairman of the process.
# childcare - Friday 29 January, 2021
# Child Welfare
# Child Welfare
Childcare provider Regina Bushell says the government has not inspired confidence with regard to how childcare will work throughout 2021.
# childcare - Friday 8 January, 2021
# Level 5
# Level 5
The IBEC groups said all childcare services will be open for children of frontline and essential workers and vulnerable children.
# childcare - Wednesday 6 January, 2021
# Creche
# Creche
The measures will remain in place until at least the end of January.
# childcare - Monday 4 January, 2021
# Childcare
# Childcare
The government has asked parents who are not essential workers to keep their children at home.
# childcare - Monday 19 October, 2020
# Childcare
# Childcare
The review was undertaken by Crowe in association with Apteligen in 2018.
# childcare - Monday 14 September, 2020
# Opinion
# Opinion
Green Party TD Patrick Costello says foster care in Ireland has been at breaking point for some time and it cannot be ignored any longer.
# childcare - Thursday 23 July, 2020
# Childcare Voices
# Childcare Voices
Prevention and Early Intervention expert Marian Quinn outlines the need for a reimagined after-school sector on the other side of Covid-19.
# childcare - Wednesday 22 July, 2020
# Childcare Voices
# Childcare Voices
Childcare centre owners Sarah O’Leary and and Michele Akerlind explain how better investment can build a well paid and affordable childcare sector.
# childcare - Tuesday 21 July, 2020
# Childcare Voices
# Childcare Voices
In the latest in our Childcare Voices series, Darragh O’Connor of SIPTU outlines why the trade union is calling for big changes in pay and affordability in the sector.
# childcare - Monday 20 July, 2020
# Childcare Voices
# Childcare Voices
Mother Lynda Butler outlines the impact of childcare costs for her first daughter and how high fees are making her think twice about having a second child.
# childcare - Friday 17 July, 2020
# Covid-19
# Covid-19
New mother Patrice Hosford is asking the government to improve the leave entitlements currently available to new parents.
# childcare - Wednesday 15 July, 2020
# Childcare Troubles
# Childcare Troubles
70% of childcare providers are yet to reopen, with only 22% operating at full capacity.
# childcare - Thursday 2 July, 2020
# Covid-19
# Covid-19
One childcare provider shares her thoughts on reopening in the ‘new normal’ and thanks former minister Katherine Zappone for the work she’s done.
# childcare - Sunday 28 June, 2020
# Childcare
# Childcare
Providers say they’ve done everything they can to make things seem normal for children.
# childcare - Tuesday 23 June, 2020
# FRONTLINE WORKERS
# FRONTLINE WORKERS
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar this evening suggested that the figures provided by the INMO were wrong.
# Childcare
# Childcare
Operators said additional staff will be needed to manage the extra Covid-19 health and safety requirements.
# Childcare
# Childcare
The Oireachtas Covid-19 committee will hear about concerns in the sector today.
# childcare - Wednesday 10 June, 2020
# Childcare
# Childcare
A €75 million funding package has been announced.
# childcare - Tuesday 9 June, 2020
# Childcare
# Childcare
Childcare providers won’t be returning until 29 June – and even when they do return, it isn’t clear how many children they can take in.
# childcare - Sunday 7 June, 2020
# Covid-19
# Covid-19
The government plan sets out that creches will open on 29 June.
# childcare - Friday 29 May, 2020
# Childcare
# Childcare
These services will first be made available to children of essential workers and those experiencing poverty or welfare issues.
# childcare - Tuesday 26 May, 2020
# Opinion
# Opinion
Karen Clince of Tigers Childcare says there is another way to provide childcare safely, and she has some suggestions.
# childcare - Thursday 14 May, 2020
# Lockdown
# Lockdown
Fianna Fail leader Micheal Martin said there are questions to be asked about how the country is re-started and the logic behind the decisions.
# Front Line
# Front Line
The government announced that a childcare scheme for healthcare workers had to be scrapped.
# Coronavirus
# Coronavirus
The scheme has been scrapped after just six providers had applied to take part.
# childcare - Wednesday 13 May, 2020
# Cancelled
# Cancelled
The scheme was launched last week and was due to begin on Monday.
# childcare - Thursday 7 May, 2020
# Childcare
# Childcare
45 hours a week of childcare in the home will be provided to certain workers from 18 May.
# childcare - Wednesday 6 May, 2020
# Covid-19
# Covid-19
Trade union Fórsa has requested more information on what the plan entails.
# Covid-19
# Covid-19
The HSE has acknowledged that the government childcare scheme “does not address the majority of situations”.
# childcare - Thursday 30 April, 2020
# Proposal
# Proposal
Dr Tony Holohan wrote to Simon Harris about the potential for “registered childcare workers [to] provide support” in a healthcare worker’s home.
# childcare - Tuesday 28 April, 2020
# On The Frontline
# On The Frontline
Previous proposals to support healthcare workers with childcare provision had been described as inadequate by unions.
# childcare - Thursday 23 April, 2020
# Covid19
# Covid19
The INMO pointed out that many of its members are lone parents or have partners who are also working on the frontline.
# childcare - Wednesday 22 April, 2020
# Healthcare Workers
# Healthcare Workers
Varadkar said that other childcare proposals are being considered for after 5 May.
# childcare - Monday 20 April, 2020
# Covid-19
# Covid-19
The National Public Health Emergency team will discuss the plan tomorrow, says the Taoiseach.
# childcare - Thursday 16 April, 2020
# Covid-19
# Covid-19
Wages of thousands of employees working in the childcare sector will be topped up to a maximum of €586 a week.
# childcare - Monday 6 April, 2020
# Coronavirus
# Coronavirus
Advice on whether restrictions should be extended will be given later this week.
# childcare - Thursday 26 March, 2020
# Coronavirus
# Coronavirus
The Dail is debating emergency legislation today.
# childcare - Wednesday 25 March, 2020
# Emergency Measures
# Emergency Measures
The government is to pay a proportion of childcare staff costs during the closure period.
# childcare - Friday 13 March, 2020
# Childcare
# Childcare
Many workers will now have to apply for jobseekers’ benefit.
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