Published: 11th October, 2024 Roderic O’ Gorman, Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, today published Introductory Guidelines to Support the Inclusion of Autistic Children in Early Learning and
Published: 10th October, 2024 • Over 4,200 services have now applied for a third year of Core Funding, committing to working in partnership with the State to deliver early learning and
Inspections on the ECCE (including AIM Level 1 and Level 7) and CCSP Saver programmes will commence shortly on the 2024/25 programme call. The compliance process will involve a series
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Core Funding supports Partner Services with their financial sustainability while enhancing the quality, affordability, and accessibility of their services. In accordance with Partnership for the Public Good, (DCEDIY 2021) the
Dear Provider, On Tuesday, I announced a total of €1.37 billion in funding under Budget 2025 for early learning and childcare. This allocation represents a 24% increase on last year’s
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The first AIM Plus payments will be processed week commencing 30 September for applications which are at Approved (Level 7 capitation allocated) or Approved (existing Level 7 capitation in place).
Published on 30 September 2024 The Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Roderic O’Gorman, has today launched the 2024/25 Parent Peer Support Fund. The fund is open to organisations
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• 621 early learning and childcare settings have accepted the Equal Start priority designation to date. • These settings been objectively identified as operating in the context of the highest
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• Regulations provide important safeguards for children and quality assurance for parents. • First official recognition of childminders as part of the early years sector. • Regulations pave the way
**Closures of Early Learning & Care services (ELC) have fallen to a five-year low, new data published today (18 September) by the Government confirms. In addition, the overall number of
The NCS Policy Guidelines have been updated to reflect the Budget 2024 subsidy increase that came into effect on 2 September 2024. In addition to those changes, some changes have
