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New Scheme to help children with disabilities enter childcare to be expanded

Scheme to help children with disabilities enter childcare to be expanded More than €1.5m is to be invested in a scheme which helps children with disabilities enter childcare. The Minister for Children and Youth Affairs is announcing the expansion of

Launch of National Pyjama Day 2017

Launch of National Pyjama Day happening Friday 3rd March nationwide when 60,000 children are sponsored to wear their pyjamas into creche / preschool to raise money for children’s charities Photo Left to Right: Sebastian Staunton-Smith, Malahide; Hollyann Farrelly, Tallaght and

New childcare scheme does not account for mortgage and rent payments

New childcare scheme does not account for mortgage and rent payments Fine Gael members are concerned a new childcare scheme does not take mortgage and rent payments into account. Children’s Minister Katherine Zappone (Ind) announced a subsidised childcare package as

Struggling parents to learn of Government plans to save them €1,000 a year on childcare costs

Struggling parents to learn of Government plans to save them €1,000 a year on childcare costs Children’s Minister Katherine Zappone will unveil the subsidy for kids  aged six months to three  years HARD-pressed parents will learn today of ­Government plans

Looking for a Childcare job? Apply to over 40 jobs online today

Looking for a Childcare job? Apply to over 40 open jobs positions are listed on our jobs website. Below are just some of the jobs currently available – for more information or to apply visit www.childcarefinder.ie/jobs Full and Part time Childcare Staff

For the first time, there are over 100,000 children in free childcare

Demand for crèches: For the first time, there are over 100,000 children in free childcare   This represents an increase of almost 50% in a year, and comes before Zappone brings her plans before the Dáil next week.   THE MINISTER

40 New Childcare Jobs Announced – Apply Now

Over 40 new jobs have been created on our jobs website this month already. They are all listed below. To see more information click on the job below or visit www.childcarefinder.ie/jobs   Pre school teacher required – Dublin 13 Childcare Professionals /

URGENT NOTICE TO CHILDCARE WORKERS who have qualified in recent years.

URGENT NOTICE TO CHILDCARE WORKERS who have qualified in recent years. This has just been posted on the Departments website which allows for a bursary of up to €750 if you’ve completed your studies in the last 4 years. Applications

Our 2016 Website Stats – Don’t miss out on being found online in 2017

Here at ChildcareFinder.ie we help 100’s of childcare providers reach 1,000’s of parents who are looking for childcare every month. Last year we had over 170,000 searches for childcare on our website and connected 1000’s of parents with childcare providers in their

110,000 children to get free childcare worth €4k

110,000 children get free childcare worth €4k More than 110,000 children will be in receipt of free State-sponsored childcare by early next year as part of “radical” reforms introduced by Government last summer — saving each family an average of

Under-paid childcare professionals – “We’re sick of being exploited”

Photo: Gareth Chaney / Collins More than 300 Irish childcare professionals protested outside Leinster House over low pay as they warned strike action is edging closer. A number of childcare centres across the country closed yesterday in order for management

Childcare Providers To March On The Dáil

A Midlands childcare provider says the Government must increase investment to sustain staff and services in the sector. Regina Bushell of Grovelands Childcare will be among those marching on the Dáil this afternoon to signal a number of concerns, including

Childcare providers face ‘major challenge’ putting Budget 2017 plans in place

Childcare providers say they need extra money to make the Government’s childcare schemes work. Professionals are meeting today to discuss the two new plans announced in the budget, which they say will increase their administration and salary costs. The first

The ABC guide to the childcare digouts

Your Money: The ABC guide to the childcare digouts The new childcare subsidies could slash your childcare bill by over €10,000 a year, writes Louise McBride in the Irish Independent Katherine Zappone’s new childcare plan was arguably the centrepiece of

Probe into irregular payments of €500k to child care group

Probe into irregular payments of €500k to child care group Gardaí and the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (ODCE) are investigating irregular payments totalling €500,000 to a childcare group by the State, the Public Accounts Committee has been

When it comes to childcare, Ireland is closer to America than Europe

VICTORIA WHITE: When it comes to childcare, Ireland is closer to America than Europe Two-thirds of crèches nationwide have vacancies… 20,000 cots and tubby chairs which need to be filled, writes Victoria White in The Irish Examiner THIS country is beginning to feel more and

Net income method best way of providing childcare support, says Zappone

Minister for Children addresses Seanad on departmental work   Share to FacebookShare to TwitterShare to Email App The net income method was the fairest way of providing childcare support, Minister for Children Katherine Zappone told the Seanad. “Basing the assessment

Concern State childcare scheme could ‘increase costs for poorest’

Spark says lone parents on subsidised schemes while in training may have to quit courses Childcare costs for some of the State’s poorest families could increase under the Government’s new affordable childcare scheme, a lobby group for lone parents warns.

An historic new era of affordable and universal childcare is born

FERGUS FINLAY: An historic new era of affordable and universal childcare is born The economic return on early years investment is much higher than for any other stage in a child’s life, writes Fergus Finlay in the Irish Examiner. WAS dismissive of the budget last

Giving parents a tax credit for childcare would have cost nearly €600m

Giving parents a tax credit for childcare would have cost nearly €600m A TAX CREDIT for parents who incur childcare costs would cost the Irish Exchequer between €290 million and €590 million per year. According to the Minister for Finance Michael

New childcare subsidy will do little to really help women return to work

New childcare subsidy will do little to really help women return to work Katherine Zappone has introduced a childcare grant, but Sarah Carey argues her goals to help the poor risk being undone and will do little to help women

Government is beginning to recognise that the first 5 years of a child’s life are the most crucial

Opinion: The government is beginning to recognise that the first five years of a child’s life are the most crucial Adults need to step away and put children back at the centre of childcare, writes Tanya Ward of TheJournal.ie ANY