Roderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

That is a fair question. They will feel it in January. That is when the NCS changes will come in. There was some discussion on whether we should phase them in and go from 50 cent to €1 in January and a bit more later on, but the whole thing is coming in from January. That is good for parents in that they will get the immediate benefit of what is on average a cut of 25% from January 2023. It is also good for providers, because when we increase the NCS subsidy, it causes additional work for providers. They have to change the amount they charge to every family on their books and that is complicated. Doing that once means they only have to change it once. It also means that, from January, parents will see that very significant investment.

It is important to say that the difference each parent will receive will be different. I have always spoken about an average 25% cut. Even advocating and communicating this is complicated because parents have different charges and different needs, but on average we are going to see a 25% cut. That is going to be very beneficial to parents.

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