DCEDIY notice on Parental Declarations
The Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (DCEDIY) wish to advise that Service Providers can again accept confirmation of the acceptance of the ECCE, NCS and CCSP Savers ‘Parental Declarations’ by the relevant parent either by email or by...
Reopening Support Payment (RSP) – Verification Checks
Dear Provider,Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (DCEDIY) has provided financial supports to the Early Learning and Care (ELC) and School Age Care (SAC) sector in recognition of the particular...
ECCE Optional Extras 2021/22
The Department has carried out a review of the ECCE funding agreement for the 2021/2022 programme year. The Department has decided to revert to last year’s rules on the matter of ECCE optional extras so that providers can charge for optional activities,...
AIM 2021/22 and EWSS
As per the AIM Programme Rules, the wages of an employee may be supported through either EWSS or AIM Level 7 capitation, but not both. It is open to a service provider to decide whether EWSS or AIM Level 7 funding is most advantageous to them. While EWSS has been...
Programme Support Payments (PSP) 2021 – Deadline extension
The date that applications will close for Programme Support Payments has now been extended to next Friday, 2nd July at 5pm. The PSP application is completed on the Programmes page of the Early Years Hive. A ‘Quick Guide’ including screen shots...
Update to Tusla arrangements following HSE cyberattack
Early Learning and Care (ELC) and School Aged Care (SAC) childcare providers must be registered with Tusla, the Child and Family Agency as a prescribed early years service. A childcare provider who provides both early learning and care and school age childcare must...
Compliance Webinar for Service
Dear Service Providers, Thank you for joining our webinar last week on the NCS Compliance Process. Below is the recording of one of the Webinars, and attached is the PowerPoint used. This webinar link and the PowerPoint will also be available on the HIVE for Service...
Annual Early Years’ Service Profile 2020/21 – Launch announcement
The Annual Early Years’ Service Profile 2020/2021 is now on the Early Years Hive. The Annual Early Years’ Service Profile is the primary data source on the Irish early learning and care and school-age childcare sector. It is developed and published by Pobal on behalf...