ESRI Dublin tweetz:
High childcare costs are linked to lower employment among mothers, according to an ESRI study funded by Pobal. It provides a breakdown of costs by type of childcare and the share of disposable income that households spend on childcare.
The report can be read in full here
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Costs us 33% of our taxed income
Mortgage costs 25% of our taxed income
Good times
Progress!
Its a second mortgage. the crèches upped there prices immediately after the minimum wage raise announcement, citing the rise in minimum wage as a factor. Just shows you what these poor girls are getting paid. My wife packed in her job in so we don’t have to pay them anymore. The “free” year isn’t worth a *nk either, in regards to the other partner working. its a few hours a day like 3 hours of something, not actual full days that would help someone work longer. It basically gives doleys more leisure time away form the kids which they don’t deserve. The system is knackered. The crèche owners obviously have a robust political lobby, if not actual politicians with private business partnerships in them, otherwise why does it go on? every time a scheme is made to take public money to help working parents the crèche up there prices again. something about admin cost? ad min costs done at minimum wage? It stinks to high heaven. The owners are making out like bandits and their friends in government can make a quick profit every now and then by simply stealing public money and announcing a new scheme and photo opportunity. Like that phony Zippone.
Insurance.
Insurance is a red-herring. It’s a lot of work looking after kids – especially babies.
If a crèche is open 8-6 = 10 hours/day; and there are 260 week-days in the year. 2,600 hours/year. Minimum wage is €9.80. So the minimum-wage salary for one ‘person’ is €25,480; add in employer PRSI and you’re talking close to €28K.
If a crèche is caring for babies (under 1-year) they need a adult:child ratio of 1:3.
So that one person can cater for a max of 3 babies. That works out at just over €9,200/year or €770 per month (from each of 3 babies’ families) will pay one minimum wage person. That doesn’t include rent, heating, ESB, food, insurance, management, accountant, toys, consumables, ….
as they get older the ratios improve
1-2year 1:5
2-3year 1:6
3-6year 1:8
but you still need a lot of staff to look after the kids.
Plus they have a huge amount of sick leave due to kids being biological weapons that lick everything
And you need extra floating carers to cover lunches, breaks, absentees, staff turnover etc.
Staffing is a huge cost even though they’re paid f all. And it’s a tough job. Particularly in the 2-3 year rooms.
Then it seems that creches’ prices are about right(?)
If you can’t afford childcare don’t have kids.
Doesn’t get much simpler than that.
That’s a bit simplistic; we should be giving more support to working people who want to have a couple of kids, and less support to people who have never worked and keep having child after child and expecting everyone else to pay for it.
+1
class discrimination.
to be fair, it’s pretty good discrimination.
I see what you did there.
I have a kinda “dragons den” idea that will make millions, called “VELCRECHE” where the kids are dressed in Velcro suits and placed on alphabetised racks and fed and cleaned (obviously, we’re not beasts) with long poles.
450 kids where you’d usually get 20, tops.
Who’s in?
If it’s less than €10k a year, I’m in.
Velcro suits, second hand, for tiny people, I’d say we’d (sucks teeth) need only half that.