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Childcare crisis looming over Kilkenny – With 8 out of 10 children under 6 left with no access to childcare services –– Natasha Newsom Drennan TD

Angela Doyle Stuart by Angela Doyle Stuart
03/06/2025
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A local TD says up to 8 out of 10 children across Kilkenny under the age of 6 have no access to Early Learning and Care (ELC) services. Kilkenny County Childcare Committee provided Deputy Newsome Drennan with research based on CSO data that showed current Early Learning and Care provision can only accommodate between 11% to 29% of the local community’s needs.

Deputy Newsome Drennan told KCLR news that ‘’As a mother of four boys I know from firsthand the struggles facing parents looking for Childcare, but I am stunned to see just how much worse the situation has gotten for parents.

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‘’Castlecomer, a town with over 2000 children under the age of 6, has only 492 fulltime ELC places for this age group. That leaves 75% of children with no access to a place.

‘’Kilkenny City, has 2500 children under 6 years old and only has 725 full time ELC places, that leaves 70% of these children with no access.

‘’Callan-Thomastown has around 2,200 children under the age of 6 years old. With only 440 full time places for that age group, this leaves 80% of children with no full-time placement.

‘’The Piltown area is by far the worst affected, with no full-time placement for nearly 90% of children under 6 years.

‘’A survey carried out by Kilkenny County Childcare Committee showed that across Kilkenny there is currently zero vacancies across the different providers.

‘’This is a crisis that should have alarm bells sounding. We have a growing population, parents eager to find a place in childcare to support their child’s development and allow the parents to return to work. This is creating a difficult position for so many families across the county.

‘’Years of under-investment in childcare across Kilkenny has brought this crisis to a tipping point.

‘’We need to see a long-term plan to sufficiently increase the number of places in Early Learning and Care facilities as the current number of places are falling completely short

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