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 [...]
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 [...]
Our Spring Summer Training Calendar 2017 is available here
Training to support early years educators engage with "Diversity, Equality and Inclusion Charter and Guidelines for Early Childhood Care and Education" is being delivered in Limerick in March 2017. Further details on our Training page.
Children aged 0-5 years to benefit from €8.25m change to the Community Childcare Subvention Scheme Statement by the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Dr Katherine Zappone Thursday 15th December, 2016 Children aged 0-5 years whose parents are homeless are to be offered free childcare for 25-hours a week under an change to the Community [...]
On 6th December, Limerick Childcare Committee officially launched a research report into the real cost of childcare in Limerick, "Limerick Childcare Committee Financial Models 2016". The purpose of the research was to identify the operating costs of various childcare services and to examine the impact that changes to costs and income have on the sustainability [...]
Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Katherine Zappone TD, has launched the Early Years, Service Profile, 2015/2016. The document provides a comprehensive national analysis of the 4,300 services providing early childhood care and education in Ireland. The data is collated by Pobal in conjunction with the Department of Children and Youth Affairs. Some of the findings [...]
Please see https://www.limerickchildcare.ie/providers/pobal-compliance/ for more information.
Single Affordable Childcare Scheme (text taken from DCYA website) On Tuesday 11th October 2016 it was announced that an additional €19m has been agreed in Budget 2017 to enable the introduction of a new Single Affordable Childcare Scheme from September 2017. This will replace the existing childcare subsidisation schemes (excluding the free pre-school scheme) from [...]
A Parent's Guide to the National Childcare Funding Programmes 2016-2017 lists and explains all the subsidised childcare programmes that are available.