Latest News
Read the latest news and updates from Sligo County Childcare Committee below.
Minister Zappone response to RTÉ investigation into crèche failings
25 July 2019 Speaking in the wake of yesterday evening’s RTÉ Investigates programme Behind Closed Doors, Minister Zappone expressed her shock and anger at the mistreatment of children in the crèches investigated. Commenting on the undercover footage, Minister Zappone...
CCS/P Top Up 19th July 2019
Pobal have reviewed registrations for Services with approved Higher Capitation for 2018-2019 and/orAIM Level 1 (LINC) for 2018-2019 for children registered for CCS/P who are within the eligible age range for the 2018-2019 ECCE Programme. This may result in a top up...
CPD Payments for Hanen, Lámh,and NSAI Training 2019
CPD Payments will be issued to all services for participants who completed Hanen and/or Lámh between April 2019 and 29th of June 2019 and/or Aistear and Play(NSAI) between March 2019 and 5th June 2019 on the 19th of July 2019. Please note that each staff member can...
Childminders Development Grant 2019
Applications for the 2019 Childminders Development Grant are now open for submission, interested parties should contact Sligo County Childcare Committee for an application form or alternately click on the following link to download the application form CMDG...
ECCE 2019-20 Optional Extras Guide
An Optional Extras Guide for ECCE 2019-20 has been added to the PIP Portal under ECCE Programme Information, and can also be found here. Please note that with the exception of sessional only services, no extra time-slots of any duration are permitted as optional...
National Childcare Scheme – Statement
Monday July 1st 2019 Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Katherine Zappone, T.D., will update Government this week on the development of the new National Childcare Scheme. Good progress is being made. Many of the major elements are now in place in preparation...
Compliance visits over the summer months – PIP Announcement
The Pobal Compliance team will continue to conduct unannounced visits to services that are operational over the summer months as per the service calendars uploaded to PIP for the 2018/2019 programmes cycle. For those services still operating, please ensure that all...
Minister Katherine Zappone T.D. launches The Universal Design Guidelines for Early Learning and Care settings
Today the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs Dr Katherine Zappone launches the Universal Design Guidelines for Early Learning and Care (ELC) settings. These guidelines are an important step in making all ELC services accessible to all children. This publication...
National Childcare Scheme
'The National Childcare Scheme – Parent Support Centre is open Monday to Friday from 9:00am – 5:00pm. The contact number is: (01) 906 8530'