How much do you spend on Creche Fees?

Cazzoenorme

Currently spend 135 per week for a 3 year old, that will soon increase to 380 per week when the 2nd child begins soon.

Edit: A government subsidy might kick in in September which would ruduce it to about 340 per week

SEPT 23 1989

That's a few bob to earn before you break even

JDxtra

That's a bargain compared to others. I presume it depends where you are based.

Standard fees in and around Dublin would be close to €1,000 per month per child.

Cazzoenorme

JDxtra wrote: »

That's a bargain compared to others. I presume it depends where you are based.

Standard fees in and around Dublin would be close to €1,000 per month per child.

That will only be for 4 days per week.

B.A._Baracus

JDxtra wrote: »

That's a bargain compared to others. I presume it depends where you are based.

Standard fees in and around Dublin would be close to €1,000 per month per child.

:eek: .... Hmmmmmmm....






















I'd like to announce that I am opening up a childcare centre here in Dublin ladies and gentleman. Step right up, step right up, Low cost fees. Only €999 per month :pac:

pickarooney

That's just insane money. Why would you bother working if you didn't get to keep any of your money and barely see your kids?

PEACEBROTHER

Pay 260e a week for 1 baby and a after school

Goverment really needs to help WORKING people out with creche fees

I've been looking into this as we'll need a crèche in Jan. Some of the prices are scary & would make you wonder if you'd be better off at home collecting benefits.

BearBanjer

pickarooney wrote: »

That's just insane money. Why would you bother working if you didn't get to keep any of your money and barely see your kids?

And why are some people having kids if you have to hand them over to a creche everyday?

donegal.

preschool- 1 is free the other is €120 pm
child minder €175 per week.

thats €820 per month 9am to 4pm for 3 kids (1,3 and 4 yrs old)

werewookiee

werewookiee wrote: »

And why are some people having kids if you have to hand them over to a creche everyday?

Do you propose people who have kids shouldn't work? I'd imagine most households need both parents working to cover bills etc

FatherLen

absolutely nothing



:pac:

bee06

A friend of mine will have to pay 600 euro a week when her son and daughter finish school for the summer. I almost fell of the chair when I heard that.

mad muffin

None. Zero. Zilch.

I decided to stay at home and look after the kids. No way was I going to work to pay for someone else to look after my kids worse than I would.

SEPT 23 1989

Deleted User wrote: »

I'd imagine most households need both parents working to cover bills etc

sad state of affairs isnt it?

alot of us of a certain age remember when your dads money was enough to own a house pay the bills and raise kids

our generation was sold a pup

The One Doctor

Probably around €600 a month from next June.

The Backwards Man

It's mental alright. Even here in the backarse of nowhere its the guts of two hundred per week per kid.

I'd say there's some grannies and grandas up and down the country thinking 'dammit, we got fcuk all!!'

Mena

€566.00 a month for a 15 month old half day.

Mrs Garth Brooks

Holy fcuk, kids are expensive.

Anyone know how much is the sterilisation operation?

Or am I asking in the wrong thread.

endacl

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

sad state of affairs isnt it?

alot of us of a certain age remember when your dads money was enough to own a house pay the bills and raise kids

our generation was sold a pup

Every time there's more income available, a cost will emerge to gobble it up...

The Moldy Gowl

I'm never having children after reading this thread.

I would much rather give a fake name and spend my money on bitches and beer, and a fruit based drink for the lady.

kylith

Deleted User wrote: »

Do you propose people who have kids shouldn't work? I'd imagine most households need both parents working to cover bills etc

It's not much use for covering bills if all of one parent's wages are going on childcare though. It sounds to me like working is only any benefit if you have one child, if you have two you might be better off by a couple of hundred euro, and if you have three you won't even break even.

BearBanjer

Deleted User wrote: »

Do you propose people who have kids shouldn't work? I'd imagine most households need both parents working to cover bills etc

No. I propose they have what they can afford.

I wouldn't be comfortable leaving a child in a creche, hence no kids at the moment.

ash23

In 2004/5 I was paying €900 per month. That went down to €550 per month when she went into Montessori and from there it went down to €325 per month when she was just in afterschool care (going back up to €525 for holidays).

Thankfully now she gets home at the same time as me so I pay nothing for her term time. Have yet to see how summer is going to pan out........

Samsgirl

This is probably going to upset a lot of people paying huge money but my children are in creche three days one week & two days another week. I pay €2 per child per day.So one week I pay €8 & other week I pay €12.

How do I get this rate I hear ye ask??? I am on a CE scheme. I work 19.5hrs per week & take home €208 per week. Creche fees are subsisidised by Social Welfare.

JDxtra

It sounds like a lot of money but I don't think creches are making huge money. They can do well, but they are not money printing machines.

You have to factor in staff costs (2x shifts), staff to child ratios, holiday cover, insurance, rent/mortgage, legal costs, facilities, grounds maintenance, tax etc.

anto9

ZERO ,I never wanted children ,but have now ended up with two but beyond that stage .

duchalla

€617 a month for 3 days a week, just over €50 a day.

markpb

I pay €1,100 per month full time for a two year old. My wife and I both love our jobs and are lucky enough to earn enough to pay for that. The crèche is a five minute walk from my office and a five minute walk from our house so we still have several hours a day with her. It's a lot of money but the creche is excellent, she's very happy, she's learning lots and she's making lots of friends so I'm not unhappy bringing her in each day.

donegal.

kylith wrote: »

It's not much use for covering bills if all of one parent's wages are going on childcare though. It sounds to me like working is only any benefit if you have one child, if you have two you might be better off by a couple of hundred euro, and if you have three you won't even break even.

but its only for a couple of years.
say you start school at 4 and 1 year free preschool and first 6 mts on maternity thats only 2 1/2 years to pay full whack for.

most people can't drop out of their career for that long and expect to get their job back.

tobsey

We used to pay 120 p/w for after school and 160 p/w during the holidays when our daughter was in junior and senior infants. Our second was born a year ago and we have had an au pair since my wife went back to work. €110 a week and all the washing and ironing done by the time you get home from work.

If you can spare a bedroom and have decent public transport it's the only option. My wife is due again in June so this au pair is staying for a month after the new baby is born and then my wife will look after the three of them until the new year. Then hopefully we'll get another au pair. It wouldn't be worth our while for my wife to go back to work if we had to pay child care for two babies and for one after school.

kylith

kylith wrote: »

It's not much use for covering bills if all of one parent's wages are going on childcare though. It sounds to me like working is only any benefit if you have one child, if you have two you might be better off by a couple of hundred euro, and if you have three you won't even break even.

It don't doubt your far off here. As crazy as crèche prices are, people will find away to pay them (based on conversations I've had with people in work currently using crèche services) & I'd imagine even if a really big chunk of peoples wages is going to childcare having 2 incomes is still better than one.

mathie

Love the "You shouldn't have kids to put them in a creche" attitude.
Should you keep them out of school too?

Socialising with other children their age is very important.

Bongalongherb

Gowlasauras Rex wrote: »

I'm never having children after reading this thread.

I would much rather give a fake name and spend my money on bitches and beer, and a fruit based drink for the lady.

Welcome to my world, it's bliss

stehyl15

Dont creche fees lose the whole porpose of earning money when creches charge more or near your wage

pickarooney

mathie wrote: »

Love the "You shouldn't have kids to put them in a creche" attitude.
Should you keep them out of school too?

Socialising with other children their age is very important.

Which age: 3 months or 5 years old?

stehyl15

mathie wrote: »

Love the "You shouldn't have kids to put them in a creche" attitude.
Should you keep them out of school too?

Socialising with other children their age is very important.

Yea they go to school instead anyway

donegal.

pickarooney wrote: »

Which age: 3 months or 5 years old?

both
and 3 mts old in a creche?

Cazzoenorme

mathie wrote: »

Love the "You shouldn't have kids to put them in a creche" attitude.
Should you keep them out of school too?

Socialising with other children their age is very important.

This is the best part imo, it gives them a great head start going into school.

mathie

pickarooney wrote: »

Which age: 3 months or 5 years old?

Are people putting 3 month old children into creches?

I'd say children from 1 1/2 years old onwards would benefit most.
Not all parents have the luxury of that long maternity leave though.

werewookiee

werewookiee wrote: »

No. I propose they have what they can afford.

I wouldn't be comfortable leaving a child in a creche, hence no kids at the moment.

It's a fair point & I agree that people shouldn't have families they can't support. It's not an ideal world & as I pointed out in another post, people will find a way to pay.

With regards to leaving a child in a crèche, I guess that's just some peoples preference. There are other options like child minders & au pairs.

Chattastrophe!

Ours is going to be €1,049 a month, starting in July when he's six months old. Think it goes down to €949 or something like that when he's eighteen months old.

We would of course be financially better off now if he didn't go to creche and if I stayed home to mind him, however I'm in a job I love and I'm midway through a couple of professional qualifications. If I took 4-5 years away from my career, who knows what sort of a job (if any) I'd manage to get when he started school. Whereas if I keep working and studying, I'll progress in my career and my salary will increase, too. Besides, while I love my son, I also love having my own life, and my job is part of that. I wouldn't enjoy being a full-time stay-at-home mother.

It's also very important to me that he gets the opportunity to socialise with other babies and children.

JanaMay

To those saying 'why have kids if you then have to pay someone else to mind them' : I pay almost my entire wage for two children in creche until 2pm. (I work full-time but can do 50% from home, when they're in bed). It broke my heart sending them, I carefully considered my options: was it worth my while working if 85% goes to the creche?

I weighed up all the options and I think it was the right thing to do. First of all, they love it there. Secondly, I studied and worked hard to get to where I am in my career, if I'd given up when they were born what would I do when they start school in a few years? With a five-year gap in my CV I'd never get a similar position and we'll need two full wages in the future. I stayed at home with them until they were 10 months old, which was all the leave I was entitled to and could afford, and I loved it. But realistically speaking, they'll grow up, go to school til 3pm at quite a young age, and I'd be left without a job.

(I know I'm lucky in many ways because I don't have a commute, creche and work are within walking distance from my house, and my working hours are relatively flexible but my point is that if a person gives up their job to look after their children, for whatever reason, they might find it very difficult to find another job in the future - as Donegal pointed out).

Barely There

tobsey wrote: »

We used to pay 120 p/w for after school and 160 p/w during the holidays when our daughter was in junior and senior infants. Our second was born a year ago and we have had an au pair since my wife went back to work. €110 a week and all the washing and ironing done by the time you get home from work.

If you can spare a bedroom and have decent public transport it's the only option. My wife is due again in June so this au pair is staying for a month after the new baby is born and then my wife will look after the three of them until the new year. Then hopefully we'll get another au pair. It wouldn't be worth our while for my wife to go back to work if we had to pay child care for two babies and for one after school.

Personally I would only consider an au-pair as an option if she was Scandinavian, called Svetlana and had a penchant for not wearing any clothes around the house.

Saint_Mel

€650 per month for a 21/2 year old going 5 full days a week.

Lot of money but as others said the interaction is a big benefit when it comes to school going age, plus they have a structured education curriculum for each age group which helps development

eviltwin

Deleted User wrote: »

It's a fair point & I agree that people shouldn't have families they can't support. It's not an ideal world & as I pointed out in another post, people will find a way to pay.

With regards to leaving a child in a crèche, I guess that's just some peoples preference. There are other options like child minders & au pairs.

I'd rather take my chances with a creche, au pairs are usually 18 yr olds who have zero interest in anything other than learning english and having a bit of a holiday, they are not qualified to mind kids unlike creche staff.

Shiraz 4.99

Many of our neighbours took in kids to supplement their earnings during the recession.
Turned into a win-win as they were so close, much more affordable & could take the kids even if they were sick/conjunctivitis etc.

The Moldy Gowl

Bongalongherb wrote: »

Welcome to my world, it's bliss

Hi I'm the backwards man.

Sex?

homerjay2005

bee06 wrote: »

A friend of mine will have to pay 600 euro a week when her son and daughter finish school for the summer. I almost fell of the chair when I heard that.

this is complete rubbish.....or they are being ripped off and are fools for paying it. its actually not worth the parents going to work if they have €2400 a month gone before they even live.

they are filling you with lies or else they are idiots..

BearBanjer

mathie wrote: »

Love the "You shouldn't have kids to put them in a creche" attitude.
Should you keep them out of school too?

Socialising with other children their age is very important.

I'd say spending time with a parent is just as important. Also, they don't need a creche to socialise.

anto9

Bongalongherb wrote: »

Welcome to my world, it's bliss

Yes ,take note of the huge costs of having to support a sprong in Ireland .No way i would be away as soon as .Though as i use a condom every time its not possiple for me thank god .