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Child Care Question

  • 15-09-2010 3:22pm
    #1
    dairymary
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9 ✭


    Hi.
    Can someone please tell me how much i would expect to pay to have someone mind my new born in my house mon-fri 8- 430 thanks in advance


Comments

  • #2
    Moonbeam
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 18,986 Mod ✭✭✭✭Moonbeam


    At least minimum wage + prsi


  • #3
    dairymary
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9 ✭dairymary


    well probably will be cash ?


  • #4
    Nevyn
    Closed Accounts Posts: 43,045 ✭✭✭✭Nevyn


    You still need to pay minimum wage + prsi, any talk about black market labour will result in this thread being deleted.

    Child minders mind children in their own home and are self employed so they are independent contractor so you can pay them less then minimum wage but if you have someone in your home then you are their employer.


  • #5
    Falcon Crest
    Closed Accounts Posts: 67 ✭✭Falcon Crest


    dairymary wrote: »
    Hi.
    Can someone please tell me how much i would expect to pay to have someone mind my new born in my house mon-fri 8- 430 thanks in advance

    10 euro per hour is the going rate in Dublin for minding in the child's home. Would work out a lot cheaper if you had the baby minded in the childminder's home though.


  • #6
    dairymary
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9 ✭dairymary


    thanks for the reply's , baby is now up for adoption lol


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  • #7
    fi1979
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 157 ✭✭fi1979


    I've been looking into my options on child care recently also. Interestingly the hourly rate charged in creches from what I have seen is about €5.70 per hour which is well below the min wage. Surely creches would be more expensive than a childminder when they have more overheads etc to cover?


  • #8
    bubbaloo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 758 ✭✭✭bubbaloo


    Yes, but a creche is getting that €5.70 from many different parents so they are taking in more money to pay less people - for example, taking in €57.00 for three staff to look after 10 babies, plus overheads.
    A childminder is charging for 1 person to mind 1 baby - minimum wage.


  • #9
    Cat Melodeon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,617 ✭✭✭Cat Melodeon


    Was looking at a creche today where the hourly rate for parents who qualify for Family Income Supplement is about 2 euro an hour! Granted we live in the sticks so the overheads will be half that of creches in cities. It's a community-run not-for-profit set-up. I was very impressed (quite apart from the price!).


  • #10
    Moonbeam
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 18,986 Mod ✭✭✭✭Moonbeam


    community creches are brilliant for those that qualify for subvention.
    Think we pay about 8.40 an hour for creche 3 days a week.


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