Childcare News

The Department of Children, Disability and Equality (DCDE) is currently working with Crowe Advisory Limited to support the development of a national Continuing Professional Development (CPD) mapping exercise. This work aims to identify CPD opportunities currently...

Join us for Shaping Tomorrow Together — a dynamic conference hosted by Sligo, Roscommon, Donegal and Mayo County Childcare Committees, supporting quality and inclusion through the NSAI framework. Taking place on 17 October, from 9:30am–4:00pm at Atlantic Technological...

Dear Service Provider, The deadline for the Annual Early Years Sector Profile 2025/2026 survey has been extended to allow more time for services to complete the survey. The survey will now close at 3pm on Tuesday 2 June. Thank you to all services who have already...

Dear Provider, The Department of Children, Disability and Equality (DCDE) is currently working with Crowe Advisory Limited to support the development of a national Continuing Professional Development (CPD) mapping exercise. This work aims to identify CPD training...

𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗘 𝗠𝘆 𝗟𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗟𝗶𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗕𝗮𝗴𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝗶𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲! To help children prepare for starting school, libraries are offering free book bags filled with specially chosen books and helpful resources. Available from 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝟴𝘁𝗵...

We wish to notify you that, as a temporary measure to support services to maintain staffing capacity over the summer months, the Department of Children, Disability and Equality (DCDE) is on a temporary basis, implementing a Student Fast Track Qualification Recognition...

Dear Early Learning and Care and School Age Childcare provider, We are pleased to advise that the 2025/26 Annual Early Years Sector Profile survey will be available on the Early Years Hive from Tuesday, 5 May until Tuesday, 26 May 2026. The Annual Early Years Sector...

We would like to advise that the AIM Level 4 and 5 application process for the 2026/2027 programme call will open on Wednesday, 6 May 2026 at 11:00am. From this date, all AIM Level 4 and 5 applications should be submitted in line with the existing application...