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Why this exists.
🤱 Mother-led
🧸 Parent reality
💚 Community-first
This site is for mothers without a support system.
I'm a mother of a wobbler. I had to pay more than half of my salary in childcare, and finding a place near home was its own struggle. So I'm giving back what the system gave me, using the internet to make a free tool that any parent can use, copy, and adapt for their own part of Ireland.
Cost calculator
If childcare costs are eating your salary, use my cost calculator to see what you actually take home after tax, USC, PRSI, and childcare.
Open cost calculator →Tusla Early Years Register
This site lists the Tusla-registered providers in Lucan, Clondalkin and nearby Co. Kildare (Maynooth, Celbridge, Leixlip, Kilcock, Naas and surrounding towns). Tusla, the State agency that registers all Irish early-years services, has the full national list. Use it to widen the search or verify a provider is properly registered.
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What will it actually cost?
For a proper take-home calculation that factors in childcare, tax, USC, and PRSI, use mynett.ie (my other project).
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See what's actually left after tax and childcare.
Every scheme, in plain English.
Four schemes interact. Use them in combination: that's how you get the bill down.
Universal · Free
ECCE: Early Childhood Care & Education
Two years of free preschool, 3 hours/day, 5 days/week, 38 weeks/year.
- Eligibility: age 2y 8m – 5y 6m
- Capitation to provider: €69–€82 / wk / child
- Cost to parent: €0 (for the ECCE hours)
Universal · Not means-tested
NCS Universal
€2.14/hour off your bill, for every child aged 24 weeks to 15 years.
- Max 45 hours/week
- Worth up to €96.30/week per child
- Stacks with ECCE for non-ECCE hours
Means-tested
NCS Income-Assessed
Bigger hourly subsidy based on household income.
- Now: Full subsidy < €26k · graduated to €60k
- Sept 2026: Full < €34k · up to €68k
- New €11k deduction per additional child
Provider-side cap
Core Funding fee cap
Partner providers can't raise fees above government caps.
- €295/wk max for full day (40–50 hrs)
- €198.70/wk after Universal NCS
- Government target: €200/month per child
ECCE birth-year eligibility: 2025/26
| Born | Status for 2025/26 | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 2022 – Dec 2023 | Eligible | Two full ECCE years available |
| Jan 2024 onwards | Wait | Eligible from 2026/27 onward |
| Before Jan 2022 | Past | Likely exited; confirm school start |
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