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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. https://ncs.gov.ie/ #nationalchildcarescheme #ncs 

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 and Youth Affairs-funded support, established in 2001, to support and assist families and childcare providers with childcare matters at local […]

Parents Notice – School Age Childcare Childcare services for school-age children must now register with Tusla, the Child and Family Agency. School-age childcare services have not previously been subject to registration or regulation, so this is a significant step forward in ensuring quality school-age childcare. School-age services must register their […]

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 regulation to all paid, non-relative childminders, with a phased approach to reforms Public consultation process launched: includes call for submissions; online […]

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

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 who require a first aid skill set, including ‘cardiac first response’ – that is, providing first aid to someone having a heart […]