Tusla gets extra €1m to inspect childminding services

The Child and Family Agency, Tusla, is to be given an extra €1m in funding next year to support its work in inspecting childminding services.

Childminding services will be under added pressure next year, when 48,000 extra children enter the system as part of the affordable childcare scheme, announced in Tuesday’s budget.

Some 23,000 additional children will enter the childcare system under the targeted supports, with a further 25,000 joining when universal support is introduced next September.