Latest News
Read the latest news and updates from Sligo County Childcare Committee below.
CETS Expansion
The Department of Children and Youth Affairs has directed the expansion of criteria for the Childcare Education and Training Support programme (CETS) from the 27th of March 2017 to include parents attending secondary school. This change means that parents attending...
Minister Zappone announcement
Minister Zappone announces 900 free places on the Leadership for Inclusion in the Early Years (LINC) Higher Education Programme Applications will open this week for the second intake onto the Leadership for Inclusion (LINC) higher education programme for early years...
Information Session: Early Years Capital 2017
The Department of Children and Youth Affairs have announced Early Years Capital 2017 which aims to support the early years sector to increase the number of available registered early years’ services in 2017 and to contribute to improving the sustainability and quality...
Early Years Capital 2017 programme Launch
Pobal are delighted to announce that the Early Years Capital 2017 programme has been launched by the Department of Children and Youth Affairs. Please find enclosed link here to guidelines which contains further details of this exciting funding opportunity for early...
Early Years Capital 2017 programme Launch
Building a new childcare system, €4m capital funding confirmed Statement by the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Dr Katherine Zappone Monday 20th March, 2017 The Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Dr. Katherine Zappone, has announced that €4m is being...
Sancastles Childcare Centre – Job vacancy
For further information on this opportunity please click on the following link Here
Garda Vetting – Update from Tulsa
Garda vetting: Inspections are showing a continued trend of services with staff not garda vetted. Tusla are going to start escalating this non-compliances as per Q91 below, in addition if they come across a service with no staff garda vetted which they have, they will...
CCS Plus FAQs
A new CCS Plus FAQ Document has been uploaded to the Pip portal. Please click Here for further details on this CCS Plus document.
€3m Euro to support School Age Childcare
Guidelines for use of Schools also confirmed at launch of Action Plan Joint Statement by Minister Zappone and Minister Bruton On foot of commitments made in the Programme for a Partnership Government, and following a period of intensive collaboration and consultation,...