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38,414 children in Galway would benefit from Sinn Féin’s plan to deliver childcare at a cost of €10 a day, Mairéad Farrell TD for Galway West has said.

Labour City Councillor Niall Mc Nelis has sounded the alarm on the childcare crisis gripping Ireland. Recent reports found less than 35% of areas across the country currently have creche places available, and in some places parents are facing up to three years of waiting.

Industry leader O’Donnellan & Joyce auctioneers in Galway city is starting off the New Year by bringing a well-established crèche and childcare business to the market this week in Craughwell in Co Galway.

Local Fianna Fáil Deputy, Robert Troy, has welcomed details of additional supports that will provided for early years services in disadvantaged areas under Budget 2024, but has stressed that huge challenges still remain for parents, staff and providers.

Local childcare providers have been allocated grant funding totalling in excess of €170,000 towards green energy upgrades at their facilities.

More than six in 10 workers feel the cost of childcare is unaffordable, according to a nationwide survey conducted by leading recruitment specialists Excel Recruitment.

Local Fine Gael Senator, Aisling Dolan, has welcomed a substantial saving in childcare fees for parents, a Budget 2023 measure which comes into effect this week.

Parents in Galway will potentially save thousands on the cost of childcare thanks to increased subsidies that kick in from yesterday (Wednesday) Senator Pauline O’Reilly has said.

Issues with childcare in Ireland are a barrier to achieving gender equality in the workplace but many steps can be easily taken to improve the system, according to Darragh Whelan, Director of Childhood Services Ireland, the Ibec trade association for childcare providers.

The management and staff of Grovelands Childcare were honoured to receive a visit to their centre in the IDA Business Park in Athlone in recent times.