HOW TO HIRE · CHILDCARE & FAMILY · CHECKED OCTOBER 2026
Hiring a childminder in Ireland
Tusla Early Years Inspectorate registration is the law. Here is how to check it.
25 guides for hiring childminders in Ireland, each one checked against the regulator, the statute or the official consumer guidance, with the sources and the month at the end. What to check, what to ask, what a fair quote looks like and what you should be handed when the job is done.
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25 guides. Pick the job you are hiring for.
Grouped the way you would ask for them. Every guide covers the checks, the questions and the quote for that job — then takes you to the childminders who cover your area.
Booked by the hour: a person for a set number of hours, doing what you ask.
Skilled, deep and specialist work. These are priced as a job, not as an hour, because they need equipment, a method or a team — and the quote is the thing to compare.
Upkeep. You book a person for a set number of hours and they do what you ask: there is no scope and no quote, just the rate, the hours and the list.
Upkeep. You book a person for a set number of hours and they do what you ask: there is no scope and no quote, just the rate, the hours and the list.
Skilled, deep and specialist work. These are priced as a job, not as an hour, because they need equipment, a method or a team — and the quote is the thing to compare.
What every childcare & family guide covers
The checks before you book
The Tusla register of childminding services, Garda vetting and public liability covering minding in the home, and trader status under the Consumer Rights Act 2022 — each guide says which of them applies to its own job.
The questions worth asking
Six to eight questions for the job — what is included, who actually comes, what happens if something is damaged — each with what a good answer from a childminder sounds like.
What a fair quote looks like
What the written quote should contain, the warning signs, and what you should be handed when the job is done — the invoice, and the sign-off where the job produces one.
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Childcare & Family businesses on Locufy, across Ireland
The most-reviewed childminders listed with us. Enter your town above to see the ones that cover you.
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How these guides are made
Questions people ask
Yes, for the work this register covers. Tusla Early Years Inspectorate — childminding registration is required by law, run by Tusla, the Child and Family Agency. Each guide links to the register so you can check a name against it before you book. 2 guides in this category are for work no register covers, and say so.
The work itself, what is not included, the materials, the call-out if there is one, the dates, and the total with VAT shown separately. In writing before anyone starts — a message on Locufy counts.
An invoice with the trader's name and address, a note of any guarantee and how long it runs, and — where materials were supplied — their own warranties. Check the work against the written scope before anyone leaves.
Say what is wrong in writing first: under the Consumer Rights Act 2022 a service must be carried out with reasonable skill and care, and work that is not must be put right. If that fails, the Small Claims procedure handles consumer claims up to €2,000.
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