Childcare industry says level of support in budget like a ‘kick in the stomach’

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Budget 2025: Increases in funding for early learning and childcare ‘utterly insufficient’, say providers

Budget 2025: Increases in funding for early learning and childcare ‘utterly insufficient’ and a ‘missed opportunity’, say providers

Ms Dunne said the 6 per cent increase to Core Funding, the support provided to creche operators to help with basic running costs, was “simply not enough” but her attempts to make a case for more substantial increases in a number of areas were rebuffed at the meeting. About €35 million in additional funding was also allocated to the AIM and Equal Start programmes, which provide a range of supports to children with disabilities and those from less well-off families respectively.

 

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