Fewer Than 10,000 Childcare Places Available Throughout Co. Kildare.

Monday, 17 May 2021 06:10

Just 201 childcare settings operate in the county.

There are 9,731 childcare places available in Co. Kildare.

That's according to Children's Minister, Roderic O'Gorman, responding to Kildare North Social Democrat TD, Catherine Murphy.

The Minister also confirmed that there are 201 registered childcare providers in the county.

That figure, however, follows the closure of 13 such centres in Kildare, notified to Tusla between January and September.

Parents in many parts of Kildare, most notably the north of the county, report significant difficulty in security childcare places.

Minister O'Gorman says, of capacity, nationwide "The supply of, and demand for, ELC and SAC places is currently monitored annually through the Early Years Sector Profile report. This survey is conducted by Pobal on behalf of my Department. Data from the 2018/2019 programme year, indicates that existing childcare provision, in general, meets current demand nationwide in terms of capacity, whilst recognising that small pockets of under supply may exist within this."

County	Number of Providers
Carlow	54
Cavan	67
Clare	138
Cork City	96
Cork County	388
Donegal	154
Dublin-Dublin City	445
Dublin-Dun-Laoghaire-Rathdown	185
Dublin –Fingal	326
Dublin- South Dublin	255
Galway	288
Kerry	138
Kildare	201
Kilkenny	100
Laois	85
Leitrim	37
Limerick	201
Longford	36
Louth	120
Mayo	136
Meath	196
Monaghan	61
Offaly	71
Roscommon	58
Sligo	76
Tipperary	180
Waterford	95
Westmeath	89
Wexford	146
Wicklow	176

County	Current capacity per county (enrolled and vacant places)
Carlow	2608
Cavan	3536
Clare	4798
Cork City	4435
Cork County	16411
Donegal	7859
Dublin-Dublin City	16732
Dublin-Dun-Laoghaire-Rathdown	7196
Dublin –Fingal	11678
Dublin- South Dublin	9742
Galway	11428
Kerry	5792
Kildare	9731
Kilkenny	4033
Laois	3540
Leitrim	1654
Limerick	7920
Longford	1787
Louth	5164
Mayo	4500
Meath	7976
Monaghan	4068
Offaly	2979
Roscommon	2843
Sligo	3687
Tipperary	7207
Waterford	4723
Westmeath	3835
Wexford	5994
Wicklow	4849

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