DCYA UPDATE 30th March 2020 Dear Provider and sector representative, Thank you for your continued patience as we develop fuller detail on the measures we announced for the Early Learning and Care and School Age Childcare Sector on Tuesday. Please find attached a ‘Frequently Asked Questions’ docu
The Department Of Children and Youth Affairs provides subvention towards childcare and will continue to do so during the closures announced by the Taoiseach Leo Varadkar TD on the 12th March 2020. DCYA will continue to pay for all Government childcare schemes while crèches and preschools are closed
You can find information on COVID-19 (Coronavirus) at the following the link below: https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/240258-up-to-date-information-on-covid-19/ Parents please be advised we are here to answer any of your childcare queries at this time. Providers be aware you can
Tipperary Childcare Committee invites you to a meeting with other colleagues in the county to talk about our future workforce and our future funding. 31st March 7pm Abbey Court Hotel, Nenagh. 1st April 7pm Clonmel Park Hotel, Clonmel. This meeting is part of a nationwide consultation. Anyone who wor
Capital 2020 is open for applications from this Friday February 28th. The closing date for applications is Friday March 27th at 3.00pm. The guidelines are attached below. We have provisionally booked two venues for capital information sessions if you feel you need them. Our own
Re-registration of Early Years Services The deadline for receipt of applications for re-registration is now closed(12th December 2019). The majority of providers have now submitted applications. There are currently 3,887 applications in process, which is over 94% of all providers required to rere
The Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Dr Katherine Zappone TD, is pleased to announce the details of the 2020 Early Learning and Care and School Age Capital programmes. The Minister has secured €8.1m for childcare capital grants across 2020. €7.2m of this will be used for the Early Learni
Minister Zappone launches communications campaign on the National Childcare Scheme Monday 23rd September 2019 The Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Dr. Katherine Zappone TD is today (Monday, 23rd September) commencing a communications campaign on the National Childcare Scheme. The Min
The Autumn 2019 Learner Fund Bursaries, as confirmed by DCYA, are open for applications from August 19th 2019 to September 27th 2019 at 5:00pm. Details as follows: 1. Early Years Workers Graduate Bursary As per previous years, the award must be placed at level 7/8/9 on the National Framework
July 24,2019
RTE Investigates Programme
DCYA and the City and County Childcare Committees are aware of an RTÉ Investigates programme to be aired on Wednesday 24th July