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PM hints at further childcare support but no new money for cost-of-living crisis

Parents could receive further childcare support, Boris Johnson has hinted, as he seeks cost-free measures to alleviate the cost-of-living crisis. Downing Street said the Prime Minister would sign off on new support when he chaired a “domestic and ...

26 Apr 2022 at 14:55

National News

'Childcare is a big issue' - Taoiseach promises cut to childcare costs in next budget

As part of a plan to cut costs for families, the Government is to prioritise childcare fees in the next budget. Taoiseach Micheál Martin said it is the objective of government to look at the affordability issues of childcare. The Government is ...

20 Jun 2022 at 16:33

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'Childcare is a big issue' - Promises to cut to childcare costs in Carlow planned for next budget

20 Jun 2022 at 15:33

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'Childcare is a big issue' - Taoiseach promises cut to childcare costs in next budget

20 Jun 2022 at 21:33

Scotland

Nearly half of councils yet to decide on childcare providers’ pay rate

Nearly half of councils in Scotland are yet to decide on the hourly rates they will pay childcare providers when the academic year starts next week. A freedom of information request by the National Day Nurseries Association ...

11 Aug 2022 at 01:01

National News

REVEALED: Cost of childcare for every county in Ireland - Leitrim among cheapest in the country

Leitrim parents pay an average of €627 a month for childcare, the third-lowest in the Republic of Ireland according to a recent survey of costs by Newstalk. The countrywide survey found the average cost of childcare per ...

07 Jun 2022 at 16:33

Local News

REVEALED: Cost of childcare for every county in Ireland - where does Louth sit on the list?

Parents pay an average of €715 a month for childcare in Louth, a survey of nationwide costs has found. The most expensive county is Dublin were parents pay an average of €1,276 a month for childcare. It is followed by ...

07 Jun 2022 at 16:33

Parents spending £10,000 a year on childcare – report

Parents are paying up to £10,000 per year for childcare, according to a new report from the Institute of Fiscal Studies (IFS). It finds that “a significant minority of parents of younger children” pay high amounts ...

20 May 2022 at 12:31

Personal Finance

Parents urged to check whether they could get childcare costs top-up

Parents are being urged to check whether they could be eligible for funding towards their childcare costs. More than 401,300 families collectively benefited from £44.4 million in government funding towards ...

16 Nov 2022 at 13:31

‘Punitive’ benefits policy will cause ‘significant distress’, say charities

The Government has been urged to increase benefits sooner and invest in skills training and more affordable childcare, as it introduced measures to get people on Universal Credit working more hours. ...

23 Sept 2022 at 14:12

Hunt spends Budget windfall on childcare and tax breaks for wealthy pensioners

Jeremy Hunt has used a £25 billion-a-year improvement in the public finances to dramatically expand access to childcare and offer tax breaks to businesses and wealthy pensioners. In a Budget aimed ...

15 Mar 2023 at 18:19

DerryNow

'How are a family on two minimum wages getting by? They're not'

County Derry mum says high childcare costs are leaving young families on low incomes unable to get by. Dr Ciara Fitzpatrick, from Magherafelt, is a lecturer at Ulster University and mother to ...

14 Mar 2023 at 17:33

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