Category Archives: News
Minister Foley announces Department’s NDP Sectoral Capital Plan 2026–2030 with €795 million investment
– €278 million investment in Specialist Disability Infrastructure – doubling current capital investment levels. – €188 million [...]
Nov
Minister Foley announces that 40,000 young children in Irelandhave benefited from 2025 Little Library Initiative
Minister for Children, Disability and Equality, Norma Foley has released new figures today revealing that [...]
Nov
Minister Foley allocates additional fundingto support children with disabilities accessState-funded pre-schoo
Friday, 10th October 2025The Minister for Children, Disability, and Equality, Norma Foley, today announced she [...]
Oct
Unprecedented investment in disability and children as Ministers Foley and Naughton announce total package of over €7 billion in Budget 2026
Minister for Children, Disability and Equality, Norma Foley, and Minister of State with responsibility for [...]
Oct
New Employment Regulation Order for Early Years Educators and School-Age Practitioners – Ministers Dillon and Foley.
10% average increase in minimum hourly rates of pay for an estimated 35,000 Early Years [...]
Oct
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