Childcare News
Transition Fund announcement
The Transition Fund which will be available to providers between May and August of this year. The Transition Fund is intended to provide financial support to Early Learning and Care (ELC) and School Age Childcare (SAC) providers in the period of time between the end...
AIM Refresher Training Webinar Recording and Slides
Dear Service Provider, Many thanks to all the service providers for their attendance the AIM refresher webinars offered earlier this week. A recording of the webinar is now available here and can also be found under ‘Recorded webinars’ in the Training...
Invitation to AIM Refresher Webinar
Pobal’s Early Years Training Team would like to invite you to an AIM refresher webinar next week. The following topics will be covered in the webinar: 1. Creating a service profile2. Creating sessions3. Consent (online and uploading)4. AIM Level 4 (Viewing...
Core Funding Ready Reckoner – Links to Register for Webinars
You are invited to attend Webinar Training to demonstrate the Core Funding Ready Reckoner tool and how to use it. Topics covered in the webinar will include: Introduction to Core Funding Service-level use of the Ready...
Core Funding Announcement
Please see recent press release from Minister O’Gorman relating to Core Funding here. City and County Childcare Committees (CCC) have received training on the Ready Reckoner tool and are available to provide additional assistance. Training Webinars for providers...
Important update on new the Public Holiday on 18 March 2022 and ECCE, NCS, CCSP service calendars
This year (2022) an extra once-off public holiday will take place on Friday, 18 March. From 2023, there will be a new annual public holiday in early February to mark St Brigid’s Day. The new public holiday for 2022 has now been applied to both NCS and ECCE service...
AIM 2021/22 and EWSS
Please note, as advised by Revenue, EWSS subsidy rates are due to reduce from 1st March 2022. We would like to remind services of the following: Under the Access and Inclusion Model (AIM) Programme Rules, the wages of an employee may be supported through either the...
Re: Storm Franklin – Arrangements for ELC and SAC Services – Monday 21 February 2022
*Issued by the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth on 20/02/2022* We are writing to you today (Sunday, 20 February) regarding preparation and arrangements for Storm Franklin which is hitting our shores today and through the night...
Mid-term Break Updates: NCS Service Calendar and Non-Term Hours; and CCSP Session Amendments
As schools are closed for the mid-term on 24 and 25 February, with the option to extend to a five-day break, it may be necessary to make the following changes on your Early Years Hive and PIP portal. We advise making any necessary changes as soon as possible to ensure...
New Core Funding Stream
Dear Provider, We are writing to you today regarding the new Core Funding stream which will be available later this year.Following on from queries that have been received by the Department about Core Funding, please find some related information below.Core Funding was...