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Information Webinar

Dear Early Years Providers, The Department of Children and Youth Affairs (DCYA) invites you to [...]

Minister O’Gorman welcomes 50% increase in recipients of Childminder Development Grant

From Department of Children and Youth Affairs  Published at 11 September 2020 Last updated 11 September 2020 Minister [...]

Update on HPSC Health Advice on Symptoms of Covid-19 for Early Learning and Care and School-Age Childcare Settings

The HPSC have published a new Decision Pathways document that provides some new information on [...]

UPDATE: Always Children First Training

Due to current Public Health advice, the Early Years specific Always Children First Foundation Level [...]

Minister O’Gorman launches programme of consultation on a Workforce Development Plan and a new Funding Model for early learning and care and school-age childcare

From Department of Children and Youth Affairs  Published at: 19 August 2020 Last updated 19 August 2020 The [...]

Update for Early Years’ Service Providers on COVID-19 from Tusla

Tusla’s Early Years Inspectorate has developed guidance for registered providers of early years services  to [...]

Updated Early Learning and Care Child Safeguarding Statement Template

The National Early Years Children First Programme, in conjunction with Tusla, have updated the Early [...]

The 1916 Bursary Fund is now open for applications.

The 1916 Bursary Fund is a targeted funding scheme established by the Department of Education [...]

Tusla E Learning Programme now available in Irish

The Tusla ELearning Programme is now also available in Irish. This version is also available [...]

Insights – Quality in Early Years Education

From Department of Education and Skills  Published at: 10 July 2020 Last updated 10 July 2020 Image: Insights Introduction [...]