{"id":5299,"date":"2024-09-16T08:55:04","date_gmt":"2024-09-16T08:55:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/?p=5299"},"modified":"2024-09-16T08:55:05","modified_gmt":"2024-09-16T08:55:05","slug":"sinn-fein-launch-plan-to-deliver-childcare-at-e10-a-day-per-child","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/sinn-fein-launch-plan-to-deliver-childcare-at-e10-a-day-per-child\/","title":{"rendered":"Sinn F\u00e9in launch plan to deliver childcare at \u20ac10 a day per child"},"content":{"rendered":"Sinn F\u00e9in have launched a plan to deliver childcare at a cost of \u20ac10 a day per child.<br \/><br \/>Sinn F\u00e9in TD for Dublin South West Se\u00e1n Crowe has said the plan would make a real difference for families.<br \/><br \/>The fully costed plan is ready to be delivered in the first year of government and would deliver subsidies to providers to bridge the gap between the actual cost of care and a \u20ac10 a day cap on fees charged to families. <br \/><br \/>Teachta Crowe said:<br \/><br \/>\u201cSinn F\u00e9in\u2019s plan sets out how we would deliver childcare at \u20ac10 a day per child. This would ensure childcare is affordable for families. Our plan is fully costed and ready to be delivered in the first year of government.<br \/><br \/>\u201cChildcare in Ireland has been far too expensive for far too long. Government has taken a hands-off approach, instead of standing up to support families and ensure costs are affordable for parents.<br \/><br \/>\u201cUnder Sinn F\u00e9in\u2019s plan, if your child attends childcare or a childminder full-time, five days a week, we will cut your childcare costs from \u20ac800 to \u20ac200 a month.<br \/><br \/>\u201cSinn F\u00e9in would not simply reduce the cost of childcare. We will also work to increase capacity in the sector, so that parents can not only afford childcare but so that they can actually access childcare. <br \/><br \/>\u201cWe would expand capacity by addressing the crisis in recruitment and retention, extending supports to childminders, increasing and reviewing Core Funding, as well as through promotion of the social enterprise model and extension of benefits for parents to cover the first year of a child\u2019s life.<br \/><br \/>\u201cOther countries cap the price of childcare and it is time to do it in Ireland where parents pay some of the highest childcare costs in Europe.<br \/><br \/>\u201cSinn F\u00e9in\u2019s plan would involve an investment of \u20ac345 million funding. This is an important investment in families and in our children\u2019s futures.<br \/><br \/>\u201cWith affordable childcare and affordable housing, Sinn F\u00e9in will make Ireland a better place to raise a family and build a future.\u201d <br \/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sinn F\u00e9in have launched a plan to deliver childcare at a cost of \u20ac10 a day per child. Sinn F\u00e9in TD for Dublin South West Se\u00e1n Crowe has said the plan would make a real difference for families. The fully costed plan is ready to be delivered in the first year of government and would [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5299","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=5299"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5299\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5300,"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5299\/revisions\/5300"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}