Latest News
Read the latest news and updates from Sligo County Childcare Committee below.
Early Years Hive – Phased Launch
The rollout of the new Early Years Hive , which will host the National Childcare Scheme (NCS) , will commence today. This will be done on a phased county by county basis. All of the County Childcare Committees have been informed of this approach and may already...
CCSP 2019 Additional Preliminary Payment
Due to the large volume of CSSP registrations currently being processed, services may be experiencing delays in getting all of them completed and approved. This has resulted in some services not having received payment for all of their registrations at this point in...
Childcare Opportunity
Please see attached Post for a Full Time Early Years Educator in Benbulben Creche Sligo. ...
AIM Level 1 LINC Applications
Applications for all qualified LINC Co-Ordinators are open. Applications must be received before 31 October 2019 in order to receive funding for the full ECCE year. There will be no backdating of funding for applications received after that date. All applications...
CCSP and TEC closing dates
CCSP will permanently close for new registrations at midnight Friday 25th October, 2019 in advance of the commencement of the National Childcare Scheme. After this date only CCSP registrations with a status of 'Submitted' , 'Provisional' and 'Approved' will be...
School Age Childcare Notice
Childcare services for school-age children must now register with Tusla, the Child and Family Agency. School-age childcare services have not previously been subject to registration or regulation, so this is a significant step forward in ensuring quality school-age...
NCS Contract Wording
With reference to the contract with the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs for the National Childcare Scheme, an error has been identified in the text in Appendix 2, Section 3 (a) Categories of Personal Data under the heading of ‘Personal Data of Service...
CPD Payments
CPD Payments will be issued to all services for participants who completed Hanen and/or Lámh trainings between July 2019 and 31st of August 2019 on Friday the 20th of September. Payment for those participants that complete trainings after the 1st of September 2019...
NCS Capital Grant Scheme Reminder
The application window for the NCS Capital Grant scheme will close Friday October 11th. Please submit your NCS Capital application before this date to avail of grant funding. If you have any questions or require assistance in submitting documents, please contact...