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More Affordable Childcare starts now!

From September 2017, EVERY FAMILY will be eligible for financial childcare support for ANY child aged between 6 – 36 months, in full or part-time Tusla-registered childcare.  And thousands more can receive further support for children up to age 15 years. Here are the main changes to the current subsidised scheme: Universal subsidy (not means-tested) [...]

Early Years & School Age Capital Funding

DCYA has today announced the list of school age childcare providers who have been approved the final strand of capital grants under SAC2017.  €291,647 has been allocated to Limerick services.  Earlier in the summer grants amounting to €494,395 were approved for Early Years services.  See the list of Grants-Approved for Limerick's Early Years childcare services and the [...]

School Aged Childcare Capital 2017

Application details are now available for School Aged Childcare Capital Funding 2017. Applications may be made online via the PIP system commencing on Friday 7th April up to the closing date of 3 p.m. on Wednesday 17th May 2017. €3m is available for allocation in 2017 across three strands.   Any funding received must be spent and reported [...]

Leadership for Inclusion in the Early Years (LINC)

Applications are now being taken for this course:  Leadership for Inclusion  in the Early Years (LINC) is a Level 6 Special Purpose Award required for staff in ECCE settings to complete if they wish to take on the new role of Inclusion Coordinator.   The programme seeks to address the need for continuing professional development (CPD) [...]

Limerick Childcare Committee supports Limerick Lifelong Learning Festival

This festival runs across Limerick City and County from Saturday 1st April to Friday 7th April.  To support the event, Limerick Childcare Committee is presenting ‘Early Childhood’ - pondering how young children think about the world, and what parents can do to support their child’s understanding, both at home and in the early years setting. This informal event [...]

Capital funding announced for Early Years services

Application details are now available for Early Years Capital Funding 2017 (EYC2017). Applications may be made online via the PIP system commencing on Friday 24th March up to the closing date of 3 p.m. on Friday 21st April 2017. The 2017 Early Years Capital Funding programme is to be made available to childcare centres, crèches and other [...]

State of the Nation’s Children Report: Ireland 2016

The Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Dr Katherine Zappone TD, has published the State of the Nation's Children Report 2016.  This is the sixth such report since 2006, and was compiled by the Department of Children and Youth Affairs with data contributions from a broad range of government departments, agencies and research organisations. State [...]

Search for Childcare

Use this facility to search for a Childcare Service or Childminder in your area. You can also check which types of childcare are provided and if a service offers one or more of the government childcare schemes.

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ECCE Calculator

Use the ECCE Calculator to check if your child qualifies for the Free-School Year. All you need to do is enter your child’s date of birth and the calculator will tell you when your child will be eligible.

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