Cash_Q wrote: » Ok thanks I just have misread the hours, I thought it was 8.45-3.45 so good to know they open earlier. Are they not closed for school holidays then? Maybe I misread one section of the school and took it as the whole place.. we pay 220 per week but only 38 weeks per year so it does even out for us compared to most alternatives
cherryghost wrote: They are open every weekday except bank holidays. They give the option to not pay over Christmas but that's it.
thebourke wrote: » how can people afford these fees if they have to pay a mortgage on top of that?
rainbow kirby wrote: » Around £1,800 a month before any subsidies. 3 year old and 18 month old in full time nursery in Manchester, just outside the city centre. We use Tax-free Childcare and the age 3 paid term time 30 hours funded care to bring the cost out of pocket down to around 1250/month.
victor8600 wrote: » Both parents have to be working in well paid jobs. Or one parent in a very well paid employment. It's desperate stuff.
shesty wrote: » My minding fees are more than my mortgage monthly (3 kids, four days a week).And worse, creches and minding staff are so badly paid.... The whole system is falling apart at the seams at this stage, and nobody really wants to know.Or at least to solve it.It's shocking.And sure yeah, people will say sure you don't have to have kids, you don't have to work....that's a pointless argument.These kids will be funding all our pensions in the future and why bother educating women if we expect them to stop work?None of us expect a free system, but honestly, there are so many changes that could be made to ease the burden.Unfortunately most of us are too busy trying to keep the whole show on the road to put the energy needed into lobbying for change.
salmocab wrote: Be sure and talk to politicians now, ask them on the doorstep and email them. There is a protest by some service providers a few days before the election, it needs to be made a big thing for this election. Once Zappone has moved on the next government should start to fix things but only if enough people shout loud enough.
Cash_Q wrote: » Agreed, we need to should loudly about this. Early years staff are so grossly underpaid and don't get half the respect they deserve from government.
rapul wrote: Some shocking prices here, my son is in 4 half days and a full day every week and it's less than 200 a month, north wexford, government subsidy included
cherryghost wrote: » My wife isn't working. I don't consider myself a high income peron either. But we are getting through it. Car to deal with in the coming months is going to put a serious strain on us.
victor8600 wrote: » Best wishes! Of course, everyone is different. It seems from the thread that cheche fees are particularly high in Dublin. Also if you don't have to pay much for the accommodation, it also helps. My two kids have a 4 year difference in age, so it is easier as we never had to pay creche fees for both as the same time.
Neyite wrote: » If the childcare workers strike affects enough working parents having to take a day off to mind their child, then employers wont be happy. And if the employers as well as the parents back the childcare workers, maybe something might be done. But then again, this is Ireland. It would probably need every work place to grind to a halt before anyone bothers.
traveller2 wrote: » Have two kids in a crèche and got a land in recent weeks with news that fees to rise by approximately 25%, in effect. We had two kids in four days per week, plus one availing of ECCE on the fifth day, the eldest. Now, the crèche is saying they will only take the under-1 five and not four days a week as is, and fees for him to rise by 200 euro a month, plus the extra day. Also, the eldest has to go in either five full or five half days, but not four full days as is. So in effect five full days. A back of the envelope calculation means its going to rocket to 2,000 a month, from 1,500. One of us will likely have to take parental leave or unpaid leave for 6 months or so to get us over the hump if we can’t stump up. We are Dublin based, and crèche fees likely not much lower elsewhere, and availability not great. What are people doing in our shoes? Au Pair an option? How much would that cost by comparison? In terms of a chid minder who’d mind two of them in our home etc, how much would that cost? One is due to start school in September, so the crèche thing was coming to an end for the eldest at least. Just struggling for ideas on this, and presently trying to crunch financial numbers. Thanks a mill!
Cakerbaker wrote: » Anyone minding them in your home would need to be paid minimum wage at a minimum and you would have to pay employers prsi as you would be their employer. Although from speaking to friends who have looked into this lately, anyone they spoke to were looking to closer to €12-€15 an hour.
angela1711 wrote: » Don’t be fooled. I don’t know a single childminder that would pay their taxes. 15e an hour ?? It’s a pure joke to be paying someone this kind of money for minding your child. They usually have jobseekers or other social welfare payment on top of whatever you are paying them. Where I live, the going rate for a childminder is 4-7e an hour and the crèche is 4-5e an hour.
