# childcare - Thursday 19 December, 2019
Creches are seeing insurance quotes that are double that of last year.
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# childcare - Wednesday 18 December, 2019
The Federation of Early Childcare Providers says some creches are seeing insurance quotes that are double that of last year.
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# childcare - Friday 29 November, 2019
Some childcare providers were finding it “particularly challenging” to carry out fire risk assessments.
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# childcare - Tuesday 19 November, 2019
It will discuss the reasons women are still paid less, find it harder to reach top positions, and carry an unequal share of the burden of care.
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# childcare - Thursday 10 October, 2019
Dimples Creche in Sandyford has been forced to close its after-care from tomorrow.
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# childcare - Monday 7 October, 2019
The new National Childcare Scheme could see lone parents losing out on subsidies.
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# childcare - Tuesday 1 October, 2019
Sinn Féin also wants to introduce an annual ‘Back to School Bonus Child Benefit Payment’ of €140
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# childcare - Friday 27 September, 2019
The average cost of full-time childcare in Ireland is €184 per week.
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# childcare - Thursday 26 September, 2019
More than half of people working in the sector are actively looking for another job.
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# childcare - Wednesday 18 September, 2019
The Taoiseach says the Data Commissioner has declined to meet with Minister Doherty.
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# childcare - Thursday 1 August, 2019
The figure was revealed at an Oireachtas committee hearing yesterday morning.
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# childcare - Wednesday 31 July, 2019
The figure was revealed at an Oireachtas committee hearing this morning.
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# childcare - Saturday 27 July, 2019
Low wages, high staff turnover and common ratio breaches are not unusual in the childcare industry.
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# childcare - Friday 26 July, 2019
The protest was held to demonstrate against the facility which was the subject of an RTÉ Investigates programme.
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# childcare - Thursday 25 July, 2019
Up to 45 calls have been made to different childcare places in the vicinity after last night’s RTÉ programme.
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Meanwhile, Hyde and Seek it had taken steps to deal with “urgent issues” highlighted in the RTÉ programme last night.
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This will increase the unpaid parental leave from 18 weeks to 22 weeks from 1 September 2019.
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Children were filmed being roughly handled in the footage recorded by RTÉ Investigates, and concerns were raised about fire safety and other issues.
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The reports for the various creches identified numerous non-compliance issues.
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# childcare - Wednesday 24 July, 2019
An RTÉ documentary into practices at Hyde & Seek was broadcast earlier this evening.
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Tusla inspection reports for the various Hyde and Seek creches also identified numerous non-compliance issues.
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# childcare - Monday 10 June, 2019
Funding will be made available to childcare centres, crèches and other childcare facilities.
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# childcare - Tuesday 21 May, 2019
Minister Katherine Zappone said it comes on the back of ‘decades of neglect’ in the area.
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# 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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