arrive. The budget makes an effort to respond to those pressures. Core social welfare rates rise by €10 per week, and the maximum childcare fee falls to €550 a month. The student contribution fee is cut by €150 for good, a permanent cut, and I particularly welcome
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ahead. This is a budget that very much supports income tax. We see the measures around everyday costs like fuel and childcare. We also see it with schools. An issue that has been ongoing in my own constituency is in relation to further accommodation of units
welcome the budget. It is a very good budget that will reduce the cost of childcare and enable workers to take home more of their hard-earned pay. It will also ease the cost-of-living and cost-of-energy pressures on households across the country
which will bring them up to €1,800. That is not to talk about the up to €2,200 for some families for childcare or €1,500 for student fees.
Deputy McGuinness should knock on those people’s doors
moment ago who will receive an extra €1,300. The average worker in this country will receive an extra €750. Families reliant on childcare will receive an extra €2,000. The truth is that Sinn Féin and others in opposition do not want people to hear these things
different priorities: affordable energy, affordable homes, protection for renters, a pathway to home ownership, adequate support for people with disabilities, affordable and accessible childcare, a public health service that can be depended upon and a greater contribution from banks, corporate investment, energy companies and those making extraordinary profits
rather than paper over the symptoms. We would build homes that would be owned by the public and establish a public model of childcare and a community-based health service that employs its own staff. We would invest now to meet our climate targets instead of wasting billions
fighting with each other over who gets to announce sports capital grants, over culture cards for young people, pensions, excise cuts and over childcare costs, all the time knowing that they are not just playing a game between themselves but a game with people's realities.
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health service right, we need to put funding into GP care.
We also need to have an honest conversation about childcare. We will no doubt be listening ad nauseam for days to come to Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael TDs congratulating themselves
incomes under €75,000. There is no provision for an improved, souped-up solar grant scheme for middle- and low-income households.
Regarding childcare, it is true that there was a reduction to €550 per month but that is still too high and people have to wait almost
fuel allowance scheme. The increase in the living alone payment will give further respite to those living on their own. We have a childcare package, fuel supports and supports for agriculture and rural pubs. These were issues Independents supporting Government pushed for strongly in the discussions around
State. There was no discussion of population growth or migration-related demand and no discussion of the pressure this places on housing, healthcare, childcare, education, and infrastructure. The Government cannot have an honest conversation about housing if it refuses to have an honest conversation about the sources
billion, how many houses it could build or how many additional healthcare staff it could employ. It could cut the cost of childcare to €10 a week – the Government promised to do that and, of course, it has not. There is so much that this Government could
special needs assistants, and we need more of them. Look how much could have been invested in that area, as well as childcare, health generally, and all of the areas where we could spend that money in a way that deals with the inequalities in society, and then
country, and the Government's policies such as this are making it more unequal. Rather than investing in permanent changes such as public childcare, affordable housing or a second tier of child benefit, things that would be make changes and lift people out of poverty, the Government
ensure that the delivery of large-scale housing developments is matched by the guaranteed provision of essential community infrastructure, including community centres, libraries, childcare and other local amenities; and whether additional funding or supports will be provided to areas experiencing significant population growth such as Belmayne and Clongriffin
pace. Will the Minister commit to ensuring that major housing delivery is matched and funded with timely delivery of community facilities, healthcare, childcare, transport and other essential services
local representatives have people contacting our offices who cannot get buses because they are full. The DART service is already under pressure and childcare provision is not keeping pace. I welcome the news, following engagement with the Minister for Transport, that changes are being made to the DART
public services and new innovations. That money will be to cover the promises that the Tánaiste and his colleagues have already made on childcare, the cost of disability, carers, education and so on. That €1 billion is also about the same size as the predicted health overspend
discuss the loss of a teaching post in Skerries.
Deputies John Lahart and Paul Murphy - To discuss the imminent closure of the childcare facility at the technological university site in Tallaght. To discuss the sudden closure of the TUD creche in Tallaght.
The matters raised by Deputies Louise
Minister of State and the Government to act and to get Pobal to engage so that we can protect this really important childcare facility in the local community
your heart. The Department told me that the funding would enable the centre to remain operational while the board, Pobal and Dublin City Childcare Committee work together. However, I have again been contacted by the service, which says that it has had no meaningful contact from Pobal
dealing simply with the board of directors? Why will Pobal not deal with the manager, Susan Russell, who runs this small community childcare service and has done for decades? She has been running this successfully, day in, day out, for years. She is the person who, through
This is very important. As with all childcare facilities across the country, it is vital that this is maintained. Moatview has been in operation since 1992, which is 34 years. It is probably putting the second or third generation through its hands at this stage. This is important
court-appointed experts and strengthening statutory oversight of Tusla. I mentioned that the current in-camera rule forces child custody access and childcare proceedings to happen behind closed doors. It creates a culture of silence that disempowers vulnerable parents and also masks the systemic under-resourcing, groupthink
In parliamentary questions
Pádraig O'Sullivan
Written
initiative will directly influence the phase 2 actions of the Shaping the Future: Early Years Action Plan to ensure a tangible increase in childcare places and a reduction in parental fees to the promised €200 monthly maximum by 2027 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement
Shane Moynihan
Written
Moynihan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on the measures being taken to reduce the administrative burden on childcare providers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28462/26
Ruth Coppinger
Written
Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will take steps to lower the costs of childcare to affordable levels; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29192/26
Emer Currie
Written
Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to consider Dublin 15 in the first round of projects under the State-led childcare programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29075/26
Barry Ward
Written
Disability and Equality the procedures in place within her Department that ensures that significant population growth in an area is matched with additional childcare capacity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27969/26
Naoise Ó Muirí
Written
Muirí asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will provide an update on developing State-led early learning and childcare facilities; the number of project proposals received from north Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29189/26
Pádraig O'Sullivan
Written
Children, Disability and Equality if she will provide an update on the application by Glanmire, County Cork to the recently announced public childcare fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29091/26
Cathy Bennett
Written
Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to outline the proposals to address the gap in levels of funding for childcare against the increased costs borne by providers. [29118/26
Shane Moynihan
Written
Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on progress in relation to the State's acquisition of childcare facilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28461/26
Keira Keogh
Written
Deputy Keira Keogh asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plans to expand affordable childcare places in rural communities in Mayo where demand exceeds supply; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29060/26
Darren O'Rourke
Written
Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plans to deliver State-led early learning and childcare facilities; if there are specific proposals in County Meath, given the shortage of places in many areas in that county; and if she will make
Paul Murphy
Written
Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if childcare costs will be reduced in light of the worsening cost of living crisis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29067/26
Joe Neville
Written
Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the status of and the timelines for when the first State-led childcare services will be introduced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29112/26
Grace Boland
Written
Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the work her Department is undertaking to deliver accessible and affordable community childcare for families living in north County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28422/26
Naoise Ó Muirí
Written
Muirí asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department will examine the way to make the large number of unused childcare facilities built as part of housing developments viable; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29188/26
James O'Connor
Written
Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on the progression towards €200 per month childcare. [29153/26
Ruth Coppinger
Written
Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the measures she will take to address the issue of staff turnover in childcare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29191/26
Joe Neville
Written
Neville asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the supports she plans to introduce to support those who want to open new childcare services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29113/26
Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh
Written
Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the plans to introduce a third level course for childcare taught through the medium of Irish; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29028/26
Gillian Toole
Written
Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the cost benefit analysis that has been carried out to determine the benefits of resourcing existing childcare provision facilities versus the construction/ renovation of greenfield sites; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29226/26
William Aird
Written
Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the measures being taken to address extensive childcare waiting lists, particularly for children under three; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29253/26
Ken O'Flynn
Written
Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether a national policy framework exists governing the pricing of private residential childcare placements funded by the State; and if she will outline the key components of that framework. [29297/26
Ken O'Flynn
Written
asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether standardised national pricing bands, cost ceilings, or benchmark rates are applied to private residential childcare placements; and if so, the basis on which such rates are determined. [29298/26
Ken O'Flynn
Written
Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the approval process required where the cost of a private residential childcare placement exceeds any standard or indicative rate; and the level of authorisation required in such cases. [29299/26
Ken O'Flynn
Written
Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total annual expenditure by Tusla on private residential childcare placements for each of the past five years, in tabular form. [29300/26
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