# Childcare
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Hyde and Seek
Creche owner steps down following revelations in RTÉ investigation
24 Jul 2019
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Childcare
An extra €50 million is needed to ensure a place for all children on the National Childcare Scheme
21 May 2019
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family poverty
Poverty has doubled among working parents over five-year period, SVP report finds
5 Mar 2019
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Budget
Welfare increase, fuel hike and income tax cuts: Here's what's coming in Budget 2019
7 Oct 2018
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The Daily Poll
Poll: Do you think grandparents should get cash for helping out with childcare?
2 Aug 2018
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health and education
‘Childcare isn't one of those industries that you go into to make a huge pile of money’
10 Jun 2018
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The Daily Poll
Poll: Does the State do enough to help parents with childcare costs?
11 Feb 2018
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Long Time Coming
Much-delayed IT system to see Affordable Childcare Scheme launch pushed back to 2019 - at least
11 Feb 2018
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Outrage
'Laughable', 'a joke', 'cynical', 'opportunistic' - Zappone brought to task by parents over childcare fees crisis
14 Jan 2018
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Voices
Affordable Childcare Scheme: 'Childcare providers are desperate and frustrated'
Jennifer Whitmore
4 Sep 2017
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robbing peter
What's the point of having a childcare subsidy if under-pressure creches are just going to raise fees?
4 Sep 2017
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the balancing act
Cold sweats, guilt trips and Sunday Night Fear: The reality of life as a working parent
30 Aug 2017
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Voices
'As the only independent woman in cabinet I am determined this will not be a once off'
Katherine Zappone
8 Aug 2017
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free toys
€4 million to be spent giving 6,200 packs of sensory toys to crèches across the country
5 Aug 2017
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Childcare
Childcare payments may differ from county to county after creche fee audit
4 Aug 2017
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Parenting
Good news for families: Over 5,000 extra childcare places to be created
1 Aug 2017
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Childcare
The minefield of free childcare: The Grandparents Creche is great, but how do you pay the bill?
26 Jul 2017
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easing the burden
Homeless families will now receive free childcare during the summer months
10 Jul 2017
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Voices
'At the very least, Budget 2018 must match last year's childcare funds in order to deliver'
Katherine Zappone
14 May 2017
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Dublin
Reprieve for Drumcondra families as date for closure of crèche pushed back
12 May 2017
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Voices
Opinion: 'The State should pay for mothers to stay at home'
Pauline O'Reilly
29 Apr 2017
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Voices
'If we want better people working in childcare, we need better working terms'
Sinead Pembroke
3 Apr 2017
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Childcare
Young boys who appeared in Prime Time crèche exposé awarded €48k in damages
14 Mar 2017
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playschool
Demand for crèches: For the first time, there are over 100,000 children in free childcare
22 Jan 2017
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Childcare
Children do better when minded by relatives and childminders rather than full-time parents, says ESRI
2 Nov 2016
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FACTCHECK
FactCheck: Does the Budget give four times more to "sheep welfare" than home childcare?
23 Oct 2016
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Voices
Opinion: The government is beginning to recognise that the first five years of a child's life are the most crucial
Tanya Ward
14 Oct 2016
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Childcare
Zappone exploring ways to bring unregistered childminders into new subsidy fold
13 Oct 2016
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