BUDGET 2016: Free pre-school places will save parents €1,500

From next September, every child in Ireland will be able to start pre-school at age three and remain there until they start primary school.

Children will also be able to enrol in pre-school at three different times in the year, September, January, and April.

Currently, children are only eligible for a year’s pre-school (38 weeks) through the Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) programme.