Exception listed on official site
"for vital family reasons including caring for children, elderly or vulnerable people but excluding social family visits"
Hmm, I would interpret that to mean only if you are a family member of same... not if you are providing it as service.
IF you are providing it as a service, childminding is not listed as an exception:
Here is what the goverment website says. "There are exceptions for some workers in key businesses but for the majority of people, the rule is simple: Stay at home". They then list the exceptions, one of which is "including caring for children". I believe that is clearly saying that people can get a child minder "for vital family reasons including caring for children". That is from the goverment website gov.ie. That's pretty clear to me.
Is that only for homes of essential workers though?
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Anyone working at the moment is an essential worker and i'd imagine they're the people who would need the service, unless there are ill parents who need the service too.
Is that only for homes (children) of essential workers though?
Surely she is deemed essential, otherwise we can't work
Official list of essential activies says
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- non-centre based childcare for those providing essential services
I'm fairly sure that was not in the original list and is an addition - but eitherway this confirms that you should only have childminders travelling to your home if you are an essential worker.
I'd qualify that with "anyone working outside their home".anyone who's working right now in Ireland Is an essential worker