Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 24 September 2024
377. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on the way parents can compare fees being charged by their partner service creche to those frozen from the 2021-2022 programme year, noting that these frozen fee levels are not available from the National Childcare Scheme or from local childcare committees. [37584/24]
View answerI would like to thank the Deputy for raising this question.
Current fees list for 2024/2025 programme year are available to view by parents on the NCS website under the Childcare Search function. I have asked that historical fees lists for each service provider also be added to the website and this will be introduced in the coming weeks to give parents the ability to check previous years fees where there is a concern.
In the meantime, parents can contact the Parent Support Centre by phone by completing a contact form on the website to ask about year-on-year comparison of fees lists for their individual service. Parents can also contact their local city or County Childcare Committee for information and support regarding fees – the CCCs have access to all fees lists for their region.
My Department will endeavour to have these publicly available as soon as possible.
