A Parent’s Guide to the National Childcare Funding Programmes 2019-2020 is now available to download Please click the link below to download your own copy A Parent's Guide to the…

​Better Start Quality Development Service  is a national initiative established by the Department of Children and Youth Affairs (DCYA) to bring an integrated national approach to developing quality in Early…

School Age Childcare Registration On the 18th February 2019, the Child Care Act 1991 (Early Years Services) (Registration of School Age Services) Regulations 2018 came into effect. Services who cater…

Please click here to read the full Newsletter Dear Colleagues, Welcome to the latest edition of our e-bulletin which is designed to keep you up to date with the various…

First Aid Response (FAR): First Aid Response and First Aid Responder. The Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council (PHECC) has established the First Aid Response standard. It offers training to individuals and groups…

Have you read the new page on 'getting ready for the National Childcare Scheme'? You can find it here https://ncs.gov.ie/gettingreadytoapply #nationalchildcarescheme

29th August 2019 Draft Action Plan sets out proposals for improving access to high quality and affordable early learning and care and school-age childcare through childminding Proposals to extend supports and…

My CCC is a website that outlines the roles of County Childcare Committees For example: WHAT IS A CITY/COUNTY CHILDCARE COMMITTEE (CCC)? City/County Childcare Committees are a Department of Children…

NCS Step by Step Process for Early Years Services Have a look at this handy Step by Step process for the National Childcare Scheme for Early Years Services to follow.…

The #nationalchildcarescheme will open to online applications from Wednesday November 20th! The online system is designed to give applicants an award within a matter of days - or even minutes, depending on…

UPDATE: Information for schools and pre-school settings and parents of students/children on novel coronavirus nCoV-2019 – PIP Announcement There is an ongoing outbreak of a novel Coronavirus in China.…

Please see the following notice from PIP As you may be aware, it is mandatory for service providers to have a written contract or agreement in place with every parent…

ALL TRAINING AND EVENTS POSTPONED Following the announcement of Early Learning and Care service closures, all Cavan County Childcare Committee service visits, training and events have been suspended until such…

Cavan County Childcare Committee staff will be working as normal to ensure business continuity and to support you via phone or email. Please feel free to make contact with any…

Please find link to a short article prepared by the Heads of Psychology for parents on talking to their children and young people about the COVID 19 virus. COVID 19…

The FAQs endeavour to provide details on what the Scheme means for providers, the qualifying criteria for the Scheme, and the operational procedures on how the Scheme will be…

A new dedicated helpline, freephone 1800 300 404, is available to offer assistance to isolated and/or vulnerable members of the community in County Cavan…

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The Chatterbox team would like to be able to let parents know they can continue to contact them to discuss any concerns they may have.…

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Process for applying for the Covid-19 Wage Subsidy Childcare Scheme (WSCS)  Please read this Letter from Minister Zappone to ELC & SAC Providers  As you are aware DCYA are…

DCYA Temporary COVID-19 Wage Subsidy Childcare Scheme The Temporary COVID-19 Wage Subsidy Childcare Scheme was developed to sustain the (ELC) and School Age Childcare (SAC) sector at this time…

Continuing professional development resources for practitioners: The DCYA has launched a new web-page where you will find free, online CPD resources, developed and made available through the cooperation of…

Let's Play Ireland! Let’s Play Ireland is a government-led initiative aimed at promoting play for all children living in Ireland during the COVID-19 emergency. Playing is central to children’s…

Code  of  Professional  Responsibilities  and  Code  of  Ethics  For  Early  Years  Educators This document outlines the values and ethics underpinning the work of the early years educators regardless of position.…

With pre-schools, crèches and childminders reopening from 29 June the Department of Children & Youth Affairs has launched the video below on what we all need to know. For more…

The National Early Years Children First Committee have developed an information leaflet for parents.  The purpose…

  Childminder Development Grant (CMDG) This has been announced for 2020, it will run alongside the Childminding Reopening Grant The purpose of the Childminders Development Grant…