Reduce childcare to €200/month

Headline figure

Department of Children fee-cap subsidies currently run at ~€500m/yr. Reducing parental cost to €200/month roughly doubles state subsidy → +€500m/yr.

Attribution & links

Origin

Manifesto

Owner

Fianna Fáil

Policy area

Children And Youth

Underwrites commitment

Reduce childcare fees to €200 per month

First stated

2024-11-17

Last reviewed

2026-05-23

Verification

Cross-checked against the source document. Quote captured verbatim where the figure is directly stated; gaps and mismatches are noted honestly.

Verified against Fianna Fáil GE2024 Manifesto, p.72: "Increase the National Childcare Subsidy reducing parents' fees to €200 per month, going further should economic and fiscal circumstances permit."

Evidence & sources

Every euro figure above ultimately traces back to the source document below.