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“Minister Katherine Zappone T.D., Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, announced that the remaining provisions of the Children First Act, 2015 will commence on 11th December, 2017. The Act includes provision to: Introduce mandatory reporting of child abuse Place a...

Learner Fund Bursary The Department of Children & Youth Affairs (DCYA) will re-open the Learner Fund Bursary (announced early 2017) to Early Years practitioners who have completed a major award in Early Childhood Care and Education at Level 7, Level 8, or Level 9...

Sligo County Childcare Committee will host an information session for parents of young children to highlight the importance of well-being and resilience among young children.  This session will take place on Wednesday 11th October @ 7.00 p.m. in the Riverside Hotel....

Busy Bees Daycare in Rathmadder, Gurteen, Co. Sligo are now hiring. For more information please see link below Busy Bees Childcare positions 2017

Below are the attached links for information on the 2017 Autumn training , booking form and training calendar.                           Download the Autumn 2017 training calendar document Download...

Attention All Parents   did you know that from this September subsidies are being provided to make childcare more affordable for families A universal, non-means tested subsidy of up to €1,040 per year for children up to start of the ECCE (free pre-school)...

September Readiness 2017/2018 Contracting and Payments Clarification   The final contracting deadline for all programmes remains at 22nd August.   However, due to the volume of contracts and payments to be processed we have identified a number of preliminary...

Below is the key information you will need in relation to registrations, deadline dates, how to guides and payment schedules for the coming weeks.   Further information will be available in the coming weeks.   If you have any queries please contact Pobal Online...