News & Events

Limerick Childcare Committee is committed to supporting the sector to develop quality practice and as part of its focus on quality has published the Autumn Winter Training Calendar.  The Calendar was distributed to Early Years Services on the 29th September.  The Calendar offers a range of Professional Development Programmes for those working in the sector, including a Business Skills Programme delivered [...]

ECCE Capitation Payments As part of the Early Years Quality Agenda, new qualification requirements for Early Years (Childcare) staff are being introduced. All staff caring for children in an Early Years Service will be subject to a minimum qualification requirement of Level 5 or equivalent, Payment under the ECCE programme is by way of capitation fees which are paid directly [...]

DCYA Early Years Recognised Qualifications The DCYA has published a list of recognised qualifications, for the purposes of meeting the minimum qualification requirement in the pending Early Years Regulations and for meeting the contractual requirements for the DCYA Childcare Funding Programmes has been published. This list will enable employees working in the Early Years sector in Ireland to verify whether [...]

Limerick Childcare Committee have secured an office space in Limerick City to facilitate meetings with services located in the city.  The office will not be manned on a full-time basis but will be available for meetings by appointment only. The office space is located in the Limerick Adult Education College, in Presentation Court, Sexton St.  We are on the second [...]

Limerick Childcare Committee has just completed it's 12th Child Protection and Welfare Training  for 2015.  This brings the total number of staff trained in Limerick to 353, since the introduction of the new programme in Jan 2014. The training which is delivered under the National Early Years Children First Committee, is accredited by Tusla and is available to all Early Years Practitioners including Childminders.  [...]