\u201cRocketing insurance costs have become a full-blown crisis across several sectors.<\/p>
\u201cThis week I was contacted by representatives of the Na\u00edonra in Scoil Chaitl\u00edn Maude in Knockmore who cannot afford the massive insurance rise for January 2020. They have been quoted a figure which would actually double their insurance costs for next year.<\/p>
\u201cKillinarden Community Centre is also facing possible closure because of the cost of insurance for the centre and it is trying\u00a0to crowd fund to meet the rising cost. The centre is used by after-school clubs, youth clubs and senior citizens’ groups. It is the beating heart of the local community. Their insurance costs have risen from \u20ac8,000 in 2011 to \u20ac34,500 this year. That\u2019s a\u00a0whopping rise of 300%. <\/p>
\u201cThe future of the Fettercairn Youth Horse Project is also under threat after its public insurance provider increased by almost 500% this year, from \u20ac8,520 to \u20ac42,000 in February 2020. Another small creche in Springfield in Tallaght with just 10 children one with special needs was facing a 1000 euro increase.<\/p>
\u201cNone of the organisations have had claims made against them so there is no real justification, except to pursue even greater profits, for these massive increases.<\/p>
\u201cThat is not sustainable for any organisation and these\u00a0are only a small sample of the representations that have come across my desk. The government need to do more to tackle this massive crisis.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Crowe continued:<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThis week Sinn F\u00e9in called for an emergency payment to creches in order to keep their doors open in light of rising insurance costs.<\/p> \u201cThe Taoiseach initially rubbished this proposal and called it \u2018reckless\u2019, but hours later Minister Zappone announced a \u201cProgramme Support Payment\u201d of \u20ac1,500 for childcare providers.<\/p> \u201cThere\u2019s no doubt that this will make a difference to childcare providers, to workers and to parents but it shouldn\u2019t have gotten to this stage and there needs to be a plan to prevent this in near future.<\/p> \u201cThis latest crisis is yet another feature of a childcare system that is fractured, overly regulated and doesn\u2019t work for many parents, children or for childcare professionals. We need to tackle the current insurance monopoly and give realistic options to community-based organisations so they can continue to operate and serve their constituents.<\/p> \u201cWhile this new programme of support is welcome it is only one small step and it won\u2019t solve this huge insurance crisis and the deep problems in our childcare sector.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n ENDS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Dublin South West TD, Se\u00e1n Crowe, has welcomed Minister Katherine Zappone\u2019s support for Sinn F\u00e9in\u2019s proposal for creches and the announcement of a \u201cProgramme Support Payment\u201d of \u20ac1,500 in light of rising insurance issue costs facing childcare providers. The Sinn F\u00e9in TD raised the looming crisis facing many sectors due to massive increases in insurance costs […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[263,436],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-child-care","category-insurance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4026","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4026"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4026\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4028,"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4026\/revisions\/4028"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Promised-Legislation.png\")
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