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The Early Years Division of DCYA intends to publish a monthly electronic bulletin to all early years services in contract to deliver government childcare schemes. The e-Bulletin will update on operational matters relating to the administration of the Department's...

As you are all aware, the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) came into force on 25 May 2018 and all organisations are responsible for ensuring that they are meeting their obligations under the GDPR.  Of course, Data Protection legislation has been in force for...

Throughout November and December, the Early Years Inspectorate will deliver a limited series of briefing sessions on the recently published Quality and Regulatory Framework (QRF), as well as providing an update on the process for the re-registration of Early Years...

Information Session in the Sligo Park Hotel for childcare providers on changes in the Access & Inclusion Model. See below for more details. .

​PIP PORTAL INFORMATION FOR HIGHER CAPITATION AND AIM LEVEL 1 (LINC) In order to check the current status of your Higher Capitation application on the PIP Portal, please refer to the Higher Capitation section of the ‘My Service’ tab, or you can view the current status...

Unannounced compliance visits will commence in October 2018 and continue to the end of August 2019. Note: Services operating ECCE only sessions will not be visited outside of the ECCE programme cycle. As previously, the compliance process will involve a series of...

Further to our announcement on the PIP Portal Enhancements, a PIP Portal User Guide is now available to view.   We encourage you to pay particular attention to the ‘Funding’ section of the portal, as a number of changes have been introduced to provide more visibility...

​LINC Applications are now open for all 2018 and 2017 graduates. Please submit your application as soon as possible to avoid delay in receiving your LINC payments. LINC must be reapplied for each academic year. You will find your application form under the AIM tab at...

Please see attached below the upcoming training events and Booking form for with Sligo County Childcare Committee.   Training Calendar & Booking form Link