Fee Structure - Day Nursery | Trinity College Dublin

Please note that different fees apply to students and staff of Trinity College. If either parent of a child is a member of staff of College, the staff rate will be charged. Parents will be notified annually of any increases in fees.

Payment of Fees

Fees are charged on a weekly basis. Fees are not charged for one week when College is closed over Christmas, but are charged for all other weekdays throughout the year, including Bank Holidays.

Students may take six weeks holidays per year, one must be taken when we close at Christmas and the other five must be taken during the summer period (mid June to the beginning of October) without charge.

Staff parents may take 3 weeks holidays per annum without paying fees, one of those weeks must be taken at Christmas.

The Weekly Fees are as follows;

	Fees	Maximum Payment Due with NCS Universal Subsidy (42.5 hours per week)	Maximum Payment Due with NCS Universal Subsidy (27.5 hours per week) and ECCE (15 hours per week)
Staff’s Children	€199.53	€108.58	€76.18
Student’s Children	€129.74	€38.79	€6.39

Please note, if a child is attending less than 42.5 hours per week their payment will be higher

Please note, some parents receive more than €2.14 per hour from Pobal

The National Childcare Scheme (NCS) provides financial support to help everyone in Ireland with their childcare costs. This is for children aged between 24 weeks and 15 years of age. There are 2 types of childcare subsidy:

A universal subsidy which is not means tested.
An income-assessed subsidy which is means tested.

Please see www.ncs.gov.ie for further details and the ECCE scheme Early Learning & Child Care