From September 2016 in ECCE services, higher capitation will be paid to individual ECCE sessions (or rooms) which are led by Early Years professionals with a relevant Level 7 (or higher) qualification. Services with multiple ECCE rooms, but only one with the necessary higher capitation qualification, can avail of this higher funding for part of [...]
DCYA has announced the launch of the expansion of the Community Childcare Subvention (CCS) Programme to private childcare providers. Please see CCS Announcement for Private Providers to read full details of the Minister's announcement.
Minister Reilly has announced the launch of capital funding totalling €4 million for Early Years services in 2016 (EYC2016). This funding is specifically for pre-school providers – both community/not-for-profit and private providers – who want to expand their services to cater for more children from September 2016. Applications for funding through the EYC2016 will be taken [...]
We are recruiting an Administrative Support Worker to assist in the delivery of actions in our Local Implementation Plan 2016. The position is based in Croom, Co. Limerick. This is a full-time position subject to funding, offering an initial contract to 31st December 2016. For full details please see Job Description Administrative Support Worker. To apply, please [...]
The Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health and Children publishes its Report on Affordable and Quality Childcare. Download full report here.
Minister James Reilly has announced Learner Fund 4 to support expansion of the free pre-school programme. See available details here.
Our Winter Newsletter 2015 has now been distributed to all childcare services and primary schools across Limerick City and County. We have included articles of interest to parents and Early Years practitioners alike - Budget 2016 (childcare provisions), subsidised childcare, recognised qualifications, Aistear Síolta Practice Guide, and lots more! If you haven't managed to get [...]
The deadline for registrations under the recently announced expansion of CCS has been extended. In summary, the deadline extension is as follows: All CCS services already ‘in contract’ can continue to register eligible children in their service up until Friday 29th January 2016 ( childcare start date can only be between 2nd November 2015 and 25th [...]
Launch of new report on non-parental childcare and children's cognitive outcomes On 3rd December Dr. James Reilly, TD, Minister for Children and Youth Affairs officially launched 'Non-Parental Childcare and Child Cognitive Outcomes at Age Five' - the latest in a series of reports from Growing Up in Ireland, the National Longitudinal Study of Children. Using [...]
The 2015/ 2016 on-site compliance visits in respect of the DCYA programmes (ECCE, TEC & CCS) are about to commence. Please note that Pobal compliance visits will again be Unannounced Visits. In order to prepare for the forthcoming cycle of visits, all services are strongly advised to read and familiarise themselves with the compliance documents [...]