Childcare News

​National Childcare Scheme Draft Regulations Published The Childcare Support Act 2018 (Payment of Financial Support) Regulations, which have not yet been signed by the Minister, are referred to in the NCS contract and the Explanatory Guide.   These regulations are now...

The re-contracting process with the Department of Children and Youth Affairs (DCYA) childcare funding programmes 2019/20 will begin on Monday 10th June, 2019.    The process this year will be similar to previous years, where each service provider must certify the...

LINC will re-open for applications from 30 May 2019 until 6 June 2019   Settings, can now apply for a second person to undertake LINC.  Full eligibility details and further information is available on the LINC website, lincprogramme.ie  

The National Childcare Scheme will have a stand at Bloom in the park this year. We will be at stand G37 in the Bloom Grand Pavilion. We will have people from DCYA, Pobal, the CCC's and DEASP (to advise and assist regarding the Public Services Card and MyGovID)...

Tuesday 21st May 2019 The Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Dr Katherine Zappone TD, today launched a public and stakeholder consultation process on future regulations and a quality improvement framework for school-age childcare. The numbers of families...

In order to apply for AIM Level 4, 5, or 7, consent from the Parent/Guardian is required to be submitted with the child’s application. This will enable the Early Years Specialist and other professionals to support a child’s inclusion in the pre-school for the duration...

The 2018/2019 Early Years Service Profile launches on Monday 13th May. The annual survey is developed by the Department of Children and Youth Affairs and Pobal in consultation with key stakeholders in the early years sector. The deadline for completing the survey...

​Programme Support Payment (PSP) 2019  Opening Monday 13th May DCYA have issued the following press release to announce that the Programme Support Payments are open for application from May 13th until June 21st 2019.  Payments will issue after the application process...

ECCE Services are reminded that overpayments made by Pobal due to Service delays in making amendments to child registrations or higher capitation information, will reduce future ECCE payments. If an overpayment is in excess of the amount due, the Service may be asked...

Over 800,000 children avail of first decade of free pre-school Annual budget jumps 172% since first roll out Steep rise in the school-starting age Statement by Minister Katherine Zappone Click here for more details