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Children First: National Guidance for the Protection and Welfare of Children was first published in 1999 and was revised and updated a number of times, most recently in 2011. The principles and substance of this document (2017) are unchanged from the earlier editions. The guidance is intended to assist people in recognising child abuse and neglect, and in reporting reasonable [...]

Our Autumn Winter Training Calendar has been posted to all childcare services in Limerick.  Workshops are being provided in city and county locations for early years professionals working in Limerick childcare services.  See here for full details.

This publication, produced by Dublin City Childcare Committee, is now available to download from our Parents page.

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) There is a new universal [...]

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 list of Grants-Approved SAC for school [...]

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 August.  Further details on our Training page.