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Please find attached links below for the "Children First National Guiance 2017" and "A Guide for the Reporting of Child Protection and Welfare Concerns" Children First National Guidance 2017 A Guide for the reporting of Child Protection & Welfare Concerns

Please find details below of the ECCE Payments schedule and an update on registrations over Christmas:   Payment Dates:   Payable To: Covering Maximum: 01 December 2017 19 January 2018 7 weeks 08 December 2017 19 January 2018 7 weeks 15 December 2017 19 January...

The Minister for Children and Youth Affairs is delighted to announce that there will be an Early Years and a School Age Childcare Capital Programme in 2018.  The purpose of this announcement is to alert childcare services about the upcoming programme and give time to...

Unannounced compliance visits will commence in November 2017 and continue to the end of August 2018. Note: Services operating ECCE only sessions will not be visited outside of the ECCE programme cycle.  As previously, the compliance process will involve a series of...

Urgent need for Radical Childcare Approach highlighted in EU findings “Accessible affordable quality childcare a goal worth fighting for” Statement by the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Dr Katherine Zappone The need to continue the radical new approach to...

Please find attached Link to the Early Years News Letter below Early Years Newsletter

Benbulben Creche in Summerhill, Sligo are now hiring. For more information please see advert below .  

Please find attached the latest edition of the National Siolta Aistear Initiative newsletter in  Irish & English versions dated October 2017.  NSAI Nuachtlitir NSAI Newsletter

Programme support payment December 2017 Please note that the Programme support payment (non-contact time payment) December 2017 will be open for applications on Monday 6thNovember. This payment is available to all services who have signed up to deliver the More...