€1,000 childcare supplement scrapped
The payment, introduced in Budget 2006 to ease childcare costs, consisted of a e1,000 yearly payment for each child up to the age of six. This was reduced in the October 2008 budget to the age of five-and-half.
Now, the Government will pay for one year’s pre-school for all children. Last night a children’s charity working with vulnerable families was delighted their long-fought campaign for the introduction of a free pre-school place for all children has been heeded.
