Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 12 June 2025

Committee on Children and Equality

Priority Issues Facing the Department: Minister for Children, Disability and Equality

2:00 am

Photo of Emer CurrieEmer Currie (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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We are seeing massive jumps in childcare funding and that is great. We communicated to parents that they would be getting on average a 25% uplift. I am looking for information from the Department as to whether that was delivered. Where did the subsidies bring us? I am aware of a family who have had to leave their childcare place. They could not afford it because of the changes. It is an issue and I want to bring it to the Department's attention. It is all about knowing how big the problem is. I am asking for data on those families who were negatively impacted. They are on enhanced subsidies and are out of pocket. That is a serious issue.