My Department funds numerous childcare schemes to help parents’ access quality childcare at a more affordable cost, these include:
- The National Childcare Scheme (NCS) which launched in November 2019 and replaced a number of pre-existing childcare support programmes and the universal childcare subsidy with a single scheme to help parents meet the cost of quality childcare,
- Community Childcare Subvention Plus (CCSP) programme helps parents on lower incomes to access childcare at a reduced cost in participating privately owned childcare services,
- The Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) Programme is a universal free preschool programme available to all children for up to 2 years before starting primary school.
As of 10th May 2021, there were 184 services in Kildare with one or more children registered on NCS, ECCE and/or CCSP/U.
Pobal records service data by county and not by electoral division, therefore data specific to North Kildare is not available.