New €200 max childcare fee shake-up move as 47k Irish families to receive MORE subsidies in creche cost-cut plan

SOME 47,000 families across Ireland will face lower creche fees in a new action plan announced by the Government today. The maximum fees that Core Funding Partner Services can charge will be slashed from September 2026, while lower-income families will see the thresholds for the National Childcare Scheme lowered. The move has been touted as…