Families miss out on €48-a-month in childcare support after scheme ‘botched’

Thousands of middle-income families won’t get promised childcare supports because the Government “botched” the scheme’s rollout.

Around 9,000 families will not receive supports, announced in the budget, of up to €48 a month.

Children’s Minister Katherine Zappone admitted that she “can’t say exactly” when these payments will be introduced but it would not be before 2018.