Childcare Reports

Better Outcomes Brighter Futures Report

Start Strong –  ‘Childcare’ Business or Profession

Growing up in Ireland: National Study

Right from the Start: Report of the Expert Advisory Group on the Early Years Strategy (2013)

2016 Report on Affordable and Quality Childcare

Future Investment in Childcare in Ireland

Early Years Curriculum & Quality Framework

Aistear Síolta Practice Guide

Aistear: Guidelines for Good Practice

Aistear: Principles and Themes

Síolta – National Quality Framework for Early Childhood Education

Child Protection

Children First: National Guidance for the Protection and Welfare of Children

Our Duty to Care – 2002

Child Protection & Welfare Practice Handbook

Service Users’ Perceptions of the Irish Child Protection System

The Rights of Children and Young People

Childcare Regulations

Barnardos: A Parent’s Guide to the Childcare Regulations 2006

Child Care (Pre-School Services) (No 2) Regulations 2006 and Child Care (Pre-School Services) (No 2) (Amendment) Regulations 2006

Children’s Health

Food and Nutrition Guidelines for Pre-school Services

Health Promotion

Managing a Service

Managing Better: Tools for Taking Care of Business

Making it all add up: A Sustainability Resource for Childcare Providers

Planning a Childcare Service

Building Resource Manual

Childcare Facilities – Guidelines for Planning Authorities  

Access Inside Out: A Guide to making Community Facilities Accessible

Play for all – Providing Play Facilities for Disabled Children