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Childcare Services

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 12 May 2021

Wednesday, 12 May 2021

Questions (186)

Catherine Murphy

Question:

186. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of facilities in north County Kildare in receipt of ECCE funds and the other childcare schemes supported by his Department. [25028/21]

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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.

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