New bill would exempt childminders and other childcare providers from paying commercial rates

New bill would exempt childminders and other childcare providers from paying commercial rates

Childminders would be exempt from paying commercial rates under new legislation that would protect small childcare providers from being hit with business rate bills.

Scrapping commercial rates for small childcare providers will protect places

Fine Gael is moving to protect small childcare providers, including ECCE services and childminders, from being hit with commercial rates bills. The party intends to bring forward legislation which it says will safeguard childcare places and ease parents’ and families’ worries. The Valuation Amendment 2026 Bill would: Ensure ECCE services, including sessional and part-time childcare capped […] The post Scrapping commercial rates for small childca…