News & Events

Application details are now available for Early Years Capital Funding 2017 (EYC2017). Applications may be made online via the PIP system commencing on Friday 24th March up to the closing date of 3 p.m. on Friday 21st April 2017. The 2017 Early Years Capital Funding programme is to be made available to childcare centres, crèches and other early year services under three [...]

The Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Dr Katherine Zappone TD, has published the State of the Nation's Children Report 2016.  This is the sixth such report since 2006, and was compiled by the Department of Children and Youth Affairs with data contributions from a broad range of government departments, agencies and research organisations. State of the Nation's Children Report: [...]

Our Spring Summer Training Calendar 2017 is available here

Training to support early years educators engage with "Diversity, Equality and Inclusion Charter and Guidelines for Early Childhood Care and Education" is being delivered in Limerick in March 2017.  Further details on our Training page.

Children aged 0-5 years to benefit from €8.25m change to the Community Childcare Subvention Scheme Statement by the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Dr Katherine Zappone Thursday 15th December, 2016 Children aged 0-5 years whose parents are homeless are to be offered free childcare for 25-hours a week under an change to the Community Childcare Subvention scheme announced by [...]

On 6th December, Limerick Childcare Committee officially launched a research report into the real cost of childcare in Limerick, "Limerick Childcare Committee Financial Models 2016". The purpose of the research was to identify the operating costs of various childcare services and to examine the impact that changes to costs and income have on the sustainability of services. The findings raise [...]