Childcare News

In light of updates made to the DCYA’s FAQs on COVID-19 Measures yesterday, please see attached an updated version of the Temporary COVID-19 Wage Subsidy Childcare Scheme (TWSCS) Factsheet. Please note that this is version 2 and replaces the previous version. Early...

Preliminary Payments Payments under the Department of Children and Youth Affairs Temporary Wage Subsidy Childcare Scheme (DCYA TWSC) will be issued this week on 24th April 2020 to any service provider who has accepted the terms of the funding agreement and submitted...

Dear Service Provider, As you know, the PAU for your organisation received an email yesterday, 16th April, with a link to the Wage Subsidy Childcare Scheme (WSCS) Funding Agreement.    Payments will be issued on Friday, 24th April to any service provider who has...

Dear Service Providers Please excuse this email late on a Friday evening, but it is in response to several urgent queries received by DCYA today.   The Minister for Finance and the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs previously agreed that as part of the Wage...

Dear Service Provider As you are aware DCYA are launching the Covid 19 Wage Subsidy Childcare Scheme (WSCS) on Thursday 16th April.   A copy of the Funding Agreement is available on PIP for you to review. Please do not print and submit the copy which is available on...

The team at Sligo County Childcare Committee are available to you at this difficult time. For your information the following are numbers to contact staff: Sharon Boles 086-7978518 Joan Mc Grath 086-7978510 Viola Craig 086-7978512 Suzanne Scanlon 086-7978517 Laura...

Earlier today you received a statement from the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs and the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform about the Wage Subsidy Childcare Scheme (WSCS).  Very good progress has been made on this scheme and the new Funding Agreement...

Earlier today an important update was issued by the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, and Minister for DPER/Finance on measures for Childcare Sector during Covid-19.  The update can be found here   As per the latest information available, the Early Years...

​Further clarification from the DCYA on payments. This information has also been emailed directly to Early Learning Providers Approximately €4m in payments will issue from Pobal to relevant providers on Wednesday and should be in accounts on Thursday, 9 April....

Dear Providers Further to previous communications that have issued in recent weeks, DCYA has been working intensively on the new Wage Subsidy Childcare Scheme to support the Early Learning and Care and School-Age Childcare sector at this extremely difficult time. We...