Two Kildare childcare services get extra million euro
Minister Heydon pictured with Ellen Duggan of Newbridge Family Resource Centre and cllr Peggy O’Dwyer
Two childcare facilities in Kildare are to benefit to the collective tune of €1m, in a funding announcement made this week.
Minister Martin Heydon said that the funding will help provide more childcare places.
“I’m delighted to see that community childcare facilities in Newbridge and Allenwood will benefit from this additional funding of €500,000 each which will provide additional quality, affordable childcare places for children in these areas of South Kildare,” he said.
“This funding is part of the ‘Building Blocks Extension Scheme’, which funds additional places in both community and private early learning facilities.
“It will deliver additional capacity by supporting existing private and community early learning and childcare providers to extend, purchase or build new premises.
Minister Heydon said the Allenwood and Newbridge facilities "provide a fantastic service to so many children in the area, and with this funding more places will be available".
He added: “It is expected that the projects that received funding will begin in the coming months, with many of the additional places coming on stream to towards the end of the year.
"I also know of the pressures families face in securing adequate childcare for their children, and the sufficient provision of suitable childcare places for everyone who needs them in Kildare is something that I continue to work towards."
