Childcare News

​Service provider fees lists for the National Childcare Scheme (NCS) and the Early Childhood Care and Education Scheme (ECCE) are now available to view on the Childcare Search page of the NCS website. NCS applicants can view a training video on how to use this page,...

Dear Service Provider, Registrations for the Early Childhood Care and Education Scheme (ECCE) 2020 Programme are now closed. Early Years Service Providers are no longer able to create new child registrations on the Early Years Hive. Due to this, you are advised not to...

Dear Service Provider, The Higher Capitation application for 2021/2022 programme call is open on the Early Years Hive from today 23 August 2021. You can find guidance on making a Higher Capitation application on the Early Years Hive here. Regards,The Early Years Team

Dear Service Provider, The AIM Level 7 Post-Application Approvals and Reviews Guidelines have been uploaded to the Early Years Hive, and can be found here. In particular, we wish to draw your attention to the  ‘reviews’ section.  This explains  how you can inform...

Dear Service Provider, As you are aware, ECCE and NCS providers are contractually required to publish their fees lists: • in an area accessible to parents• on any online platform maintained by the Approved Provider for the purpose of advertising its service.In...

The Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (DCEDIY) wish to advise that Service Providers can again accept confirmation of the acceptance of the ECCE, NCS and CCSP Savers ‘Parental Declarations’ by the relevant parent either by email or by...

The Department has carried out a review of the ECCE funding agreement for the 2021/2022 programme year. The Department has decided to revert to last year’s rules on the matter of ECCE optional extras so that providers can charge for optional activities,...

As per the AIM Programme Rules, the wages of an employee may be supported through either EWSS or AIM Level 7 capitation, but not both.  It is open to a service provider to decide whether EWSS or AIM Level 7 funding is most advantageous to them. While EWSS has been...

The date that applications will close for Programme Support Payments has now been extended to next Friday, 2nd July at 5pm. The PSP application is completed on the Programmes page of the Early Years Hive. A ‘Quick Guide’ including screen shots...

Early Learning and Care (ELC) and School Aged Care (SAC) childcare providers must be registered with Tusla, the Child and Family Agency as a prescribed early years service. A childcare provider who provides both early learning and care and school age childcare must...