Minister O’Gorman has today approved the awarding of €150,000, alongside Hub na nÓg training, to support implementation of the National Participation Framework for Children and Young People’s Participation in Decision-Making, (2021). The emphasis will be on the everyday spaces and settings where practitioners work directly with children and young people.

This grant scheme aims to build capacity and support organisations in a journey towards improving their practice in listening to children and young people and giving them a voice in decision-making in their day-to-day practices, services, projects, programmes or activities.

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ECCE Registration Deadline

Pobal would like to remind providers that the latest a provider can register a child on the ECCE programme is 6 weeks after the child’s