Early learning and care services which reopen in the summer months do not need to provide services on five days a week to avail of supports under the Government's €75million support package for the childcare sector, including the €14.2million Covid Capital grant and the continuation of the Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme However services which reopen for a minimum period of time over the summer months may get an increase Reopening Support Payment (RSP) if they are open on a full time basis. The total value of the RSP is €18million.
Enhanced RSP is worth twice as much as standard RSP and is available to all services who operate for more than 5 hours per day, 5 days per week, for 6 of the 8 weeks between 29 June and 23 August 2020, with at least one child who is registered on a Department funded scheme attending regularly during that period.
Standard RSP is available for all other services that open for 6 of the 16 weeks between 29 June and 16 October 2020, with at least one child who is registered on a Department funded scheme attending regularly during that period.
The value of the Reopening Support Payment grants is set out in the following table:
Number of DCYA registered children in each service
|
Enhanced payment
|
Standard payment
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1-11
|
€2,000
|
€1,000
|
12-40
|
€4,000
|
€2,000
|
41-100
|
€7,000
|
€3,500
|
100+
|
€10,000
|
€5,000
|
IN addition to the Reopening Support Payment.