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Govt wants to 'significantly lower' childcare fees for parents in Waterford - Tánaiste

Leo Varadkar said the Government wants to “significantly” lower childcare fees for parents in Waterford and across Ireland as well as addressing rising costs for those working in the sector. The Tánaiste's comments came ahead of a protest outside ...

22 Jun 2022 at 17:53

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Kids from lower income families in Waterford to benefit from subsidy scheme changes

Thousands of children in Waterford and across Ireland from lower income families are set to benefit from changes to the National Childcare Scheme (NCS). The changes - announced on Friday by the Minister for Children, Roderic O'Gorman - will ...

10 Apr 2022 at 09:53

'Enough is enough' - Calls for cap on childcare to bring more Waterford women into the workplace

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€200 cap on childcare would bring more women into the workplace - Labour

Labour employment spokesperson Marie Sherlock said there is a crisis in the world of work for thousands of women in Waterford and throughout the country. Through a lack of action on affordable childcare, Senator Sherlock said families ...

23 Sept 2022 at 17:17

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Record number of families benefitting from subsidised childcare, O'Gorman confirms

A record number of families in Ireland are now benefitting from subsidised early learning and childcare. That's according to the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Roderic O'Gorman, who today (January ...

19 Jan 2023 at 16:04

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Sinn Fein: 10-euro-a-day childcare plan could be in place by next year

Sinn Fein has unveiled a childcare plan which aims to reduce costs for parents to 10 euro a day per child. The party is also proposing to increase the pay of early years educators in a bid to increase capacity in the constrained ...

12 Sept 2024 at 19:07

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Majority of childcare workers in Waterford will see wages rise from ’historic’ new pay agreement

Minister of State for Business, Employment and Retail Damien English has today (Wednesday September 7) accepted proposals for Employment Regulation Orders for the Early Years Services Sector. The Orders will commence on ...

07 Sept 2022 at 11:03

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'Long overdue' - Over €700m allocated to childcare sector in Budget 2022

Over seven hundred million euro has been allocated to the childcare sector as part of Budget 2022. It was announced today by Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Michael McGrath, who said it marked "a turning ...

12 Oct 2021 at 17:00

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'Desperate uncertainty' - Irish childcare sector calls for longterm plan

A leader in the early years sector is calling on the government to implement a "coherent" childcare plan. Early Childhood Ireland (ECI) said young children deserve more than what they've called the government's ...

05 Oct 2021 at 13:46

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Two out of five childcare workers in Waterford seeking work opportunities outside of the sector

A new study has found that just under two in every five childcare workers in Waterford and across Ireland are now seeking work opportunities outside of the childcare sector. The Early Years Staffing and Pay ...

27 Aug 2022 at 11:53

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TDs urged to take childcare crisis seriously as Dáil returns

Early Childhood Ireland (ECI) is calling on the government to take the childcare investment crisis seriously. ECI made the call today as TDs return to Dáil Eireann after the summer recess. The early years ...

15 Sept 2021 at 12:32

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Childcare facilities in Waterford face potential closures due to staffing crisis

A survey of more than 3,000 managers and staff in the childcare sector has indicated that many facilities face reducing services or potential closure over the coming months due to an inability to recruit ...

10 Sept 2021 at 13:22

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Free hot meals and meals-on-wheels urged to be extended in Waterford to tackle food poverty

The Minister for Social Inclusion is calling for free hot meals to be extended to early childcare settings in Waterford and across Ireland, in addition to meals-on-wheels programmes being extended for ...

19 Jul 2022 at 09:53

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