Inflation is hitting us from every turn and the costs of running a childcare facility have also gone up. With that comes fewer places and increased fees.
Parents are having to decide do they follow a career or stay at home and the providers themselves are battling to hold onto staff.
The cost, capacity and staffing issues of Irish childcare coming up on @PatKennyNT.
One Dublin parent told me they were paying €2,500 a month on childcare.
Co-owner of Kidz@Play in Kildare Evelyn Reilly, says they are “full to the brim”.@EarlyChildhdIRL @LauraErskine7 pic.twitter.com/AiXnsxkrhu
— Josh Crosbie (@JoshCrosbie3) February 11, 2022
Newstalk reporter Josh Crosbie has been speaking with those working in the sector and with parents about childcare in 2022.
