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The Department has provided significant financial supports to the Early Learning and Care (ELC) and School Age Childcare (SAC) sector throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. This included the Temporary Wage Subsidy Childcare Scheme (TWSCS), which supported services by...

Dear Service Provider, A support pack for services who may experience cases of Covid-19 in their setting has been developed in conjunction with the HSE.  The support pack is designed to help streamline the public health risk assessment process and to provide...

Dear Service Provider The Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Inclusion and Youth (DCEDIY) have advised that for services providing written evidence of the HSE directing them to close in full due to Covid 19, (thereby realising a condition of the force...

Dear Service Provider, Please see the below important updates for AIM Level 7. Second Year Extensions The application process for second year extensions for AIM Level 7 (2020 Programme) will close on the PIP system at 1pm on Friday, 18th December. After this...

Dear Service Provider, Please see the below payment dates for early year’s programmes over the Christmas and New Year’s weeks:   ​Date Programme​ ​ 18 December 2020​ ​NCS, CCSP, AIM L5 ​24 December 2020 NCS​ ​31 December 2020 ​NCS, TEC ​06 January 2021 ​ECCE ​08...

Dear Service Provider, The ECCE 2020/2021 Payment Schedule has now been updated and the following changes should be noted: the ‘pay until’ date for the payment of the 20/11/2020 has been changed from 25/12/2020 to 01/01/2021 the date the funding will be in the Service...

​Dear Service Provider, Under the stimulus package announced in July, the Department introduced added flexibility on attendance rules under NCS. This change allows for 2 hours variation in attendance against registration per week without triggering a report. This...

As it is coming up to the Christmas holidays and the end of 2020, it may be necessary to make important changes on your Early Years Hive portal for NCS. As such, the following points are covered in this announcement: NCS Service Calendars (adding closures) Non-term...

PIP Announcement Dear Service Provider, We previously communicated to you by email that the recalculated overpayment amount for TWSCS would be available to view on the PIP Portal from Monday, 7th December. Unfortunately due to a delay in receiving information from...