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Number 11 of 2018
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CHILDCARE SUPPORT ACT 2018
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CONTENTS
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1. Interpretation
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2. Establishment of Scheme
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3. Scheme administrator
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4. Functions of scheme administrator
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5. Governance
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6. Agreements relating to performance of certain functions
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7. Persons eligible to apply for financial support
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8. Approved childcare services provider
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9. Application for financial support
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10. Information to be given by employers and education and training providers to scheme administrator
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11. Assessment of income
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12. Determination of application for financial support
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13. Calculation of amount of financial support
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14. Provision for vulnerable children
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15. Payment of financial support
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16. Change of circumstances
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17. Reviews
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18. Authorised officers
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19. Powers of authorised officers
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20. Appeals
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21. Recovery of payment of financial support
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22. Amendment of Act of 1991
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23. Amendment of section 265 of Act of 2005
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24. Processing of personal data
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25. Regulations
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26. Review of Scheme
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27. Transitional provision
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28. Expenses
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29. Offences
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30. Short title and commencement
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SCHEDULE 1
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Assessment of Income
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SCHEDULE 2
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Agreements with Certain Statutory Bodies
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SCHEDULE 3
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Processing of Personal Data
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Acts Referred to
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Child Care Act 1991
(No. 17)
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Civil Legal Aid Act 1995
(No. 32)
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Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010
(No. 24)
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Companies Acts
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Data Protection Acts 1988 and 2003
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Education Act 1998
(No. 51)
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Housing Act 1988
(No. 28)
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International Protection Act 2015
(No. 66)
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Local Government Act 2001
(No. 37)
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Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005
(No. 26)
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Student Support Act 2011
(No. 4)
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Number 11 of 2018
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CHILDCARE SUPPORT ACT 2018
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An Act to provide for the establishment of a scheme to be known as the Affordable Childcare Scheme under which financial support may be made available to persons in respect of childcare out of resources allocated to the Minister for the purposes of the Scheme and to provide for related matters.
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[2nd July, 2018]
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Be it enacted by the Oireachtas as follows:
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