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After School Childcare Scheme
From Department of Social Protection
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From Department of Social Protection
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The After School Childcare Scheme provided supports to low-income and unemployed people to:
If you are accepted for the After School Childcare Scheme, you can get after-school childcare for up to 5 days per week at a daily rate of €3 per day per child (€15 per week per child). Pick-up options are also available.
The scheme also provides full-day childcare during school holidays at no additional cost to the parent. However, in order to avail of childcare during the school holidays you must have an ongoing after-school childcare need during the school year.
You may be eligible for the scheme if:
Self-employed people who are getting Jobseeker’s Allowance are not eligible for the afterschool child care scheme.
Places on the scheme are on a 'first-come, first-served' basis. Eligibility does not mean a guarantee of a child care place.
If you are deemed eligible for the scheme, you can get childcare for €3 per child per day (€15 per week).
So, if you have two children aged between 4 and 13, then you would pay €30 per week.
The After School Childcare Scheme was closed permanently to new applicants on 14 February 2020.