Ireland
Childcare fees and software, county by county.
The median full-day childcare fee in Ireland is €190 a week before subsidies, but it ranges from €150 in Leitrim to €258.57 in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown - a gap of €108.57. Pick your division for local fees, your childcare committee, and how AcornCloud runs the service around them.
Carlow€157.50/week median full dayCavan€172.50/week median full dayClare€175/week median full dayCork City€218.40/week median full dayCork County€202/week median full dayDonegal€175.50/week median full dayDublin City€220.48/week median full dayDún Laoghaire-Rathdown€258.57/week median full dayFingal€230.77/week median full daySouth Dublin€226/week median full dayGalway€180/week median full dayKerry€185/week median full dayKildare€216.25/week median full dayKilkenny€175/week median full dayLaois€180/week median full dayLeitrim€150/week median full dayLimerick€175/week median full dayLongford€170/week median full dayLouth€185/week median full dayMayo€172.50/week median full dayMeath€200/week median full dayMonaghan€155/week median full dayOffaly€180/week median full dayRoscommon€164/week median full daySligo€165/week median full dayTipperary€160/week median full dayWaterford€177.50/week median full dayWestmeath€189.50/week median full dayWexford€175/week median full dayWicklow€232.43/week median full day
Source: Annual Early Years Sector Profile 2023/24 (Pobal for DCEDIY), published in a Dáil written answer, 8 September 2025. See the published answer. Figures are medians for the 2023/24 programme year, charged before NCS and ECCE subsidies are applied. Divisions follow the 30 City and County Childcare Committee areas, which split Cork and Dublin.
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