Ireland Childcare Cost Calculator 2027

Only if your provider is in Core Funding, your child is up to senior infants, and you use 40-49 hours a week with 45 hours of universal subsidy. €550 is gov.ie's figure for a 4-week month (€137.50 a week). If your fee is already below the new €250 weekly cap, your saving comes only from the higher subsidy.

In September 2027, at the start of the next programme year. Until then the universal subsidy stays at €2.14 an hour and the current fee caps apply.

No. They apply only to providers in Core Funding (Core Funding Partner Services). Providers outside Core Funding can set their own fees.

No. From September 2027 it applies to children in early years, junior infants and senior infants. Children in first class and older stay at €2.14 an hour, although the lower fee caps apply to them too.