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Please find below details of a part time level 7 programme in applied Early Education and Care. If you have any questions regarding the programme or would like to express an interest in the programme, please see contact details on the flyer. If enough people are...

Dr James Reilly, Minister for Children and Youth Affairs has announced the launch of capital funding totalling €4 million for Early Years services in 2016 (EYC2016). This capital funding is specifically for pre-school providers – both community/not-for-profit and...

 The Department of Children and Youth Affairs now invites Private Childcare Providers, actively in contract with the DCYA under at least one of the other childcare funding programmes (ECCE and/or TEC), to submit expressions of interest to enter into contract to...

The Inspectorate of the Department of Education and Skills is hosting a series of consultation seminars to discuss the progress to date on the development of a new Early Years Education-focused Inspection (EYEI) Model. Seminars will take place in the following...

The Learner Fund, which is currently subsidising thousands of learners who applied in 2014 is now open for online applications. Learner Fund 3, (re-opened 11/02/16) offers a subsidy towards the cost of training to support existing early years practitioners, who wish...

Dr James Reilly, Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, has today announced the launch of capital funding totalling €4 million for Early Years services in 2016 (EYC2016). Minister Reilly stated: “In Budget 2016 we significantly expanded funding to make more...

Better Start Quality Development Service has been offering an on-site mentoring service to Early Years providers since February 2015. If you feel your service would benefit from the support of a Better Start Early Years Specialist you will be interested to know that...

The Department of Social Protection have launched a new website "MyWelfare" through which it will offer a number of services. Initially it can be used to book and manage online appointments for allocation of PPS Numbers and Public Service Cards. MyWelfare can be...