VAT rise to increase cost of childcare
Angry parents and women's groups also hit out at the average €23 monthly shortfall in the promised child benefit increases that were to help pay for childcare.
The National Women's Council (NWC) said the €8 to €10 monthly increases in child benefit were grossly inadequate. NWC chairwoman Grainne Healy said: "These increases would not even buy you 15 minutes of childcare, it is far worse than we expected."
