Category Archives: News
Minister Foley launches €4.2 million Bia Blasta lunch scheme for pre-school children in disadvantaged areas
Minister Foley launches €4.2 million Bia Blasta lunch scheme for pre-school children in disadvantaged areas [...]
Aug
Minister for Children Disability and Equality Norma Foley announces €330,000 in funding to support Ireland’s Prevention and Early Intervention programmes for children and young people.
The Minister for Children, Disability and Equality, Norma Foley TD, has today announced a €330,000 [...]
Jul
Minister Foley announces more than €420,000 for Parent and Toddler Groups
Minister for Children, Disability and Equality Norma Foley T.D. is today delighted to announcethat 461 [...]
Jun
New guide to foster artistic creativity in young children launched by Ministers Foley and O’Donovan
Minister for Children, Disability and Equality, Norma Foley, and Minister for Arts, Culture,Communications and Sport, [...]
Jun
Minister Foley announces new maximum fee cap for early learning and childcare services alongside €390 million in State funding this year through the Core Funding Scheme
Minister for Children, Disability, and Equality, Norma Foley, T.D., today announced the detailsof the new [...]
Jun
17% increase in number of children availing of Government funded childcare subsidies
30 May 2025 A record number of children – approximately 190,000 – have benefitted from [...]
Jun
Minister Foley announces €25 million in funding to deliver 1,500 additional early learning and childcare places
Minister for Children, Disability and Equality, Norma Foley has today announced €25 million in funding [...]
May
Minister Foley awards Childminding Development Grants to over 400 Childminders
Minister for Children, Disability and Equality, Norma Foley T.D., today announced the 2025 Childminding Development [...]
May