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Month: September 2022

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Budget 2023 – A welcome step to transforming Early Years and School Age Care

Early Childhood Ireland, the leading organisation in the early years sector, has raised funding concerns with TDs today (30.08.21) as many members reopen childcare settings across Ireland for the new term. Early Childhood Ireland members are also reporting additional staffing issues as employees seek out better pay and working conditions in other sectors.

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Aisling Hearne 27/09/2022
Early Childhood Ireland Policy Brief
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Children’s Rights Alliance End Poverty Week

Children’s Rights Alliance End Poverty Week From the 12 to the 16 September 2022, the Children’s Rights Alliance organised End Child Poverty Week. Over the five days a series of discussions took place, covering five different themes. The week saw a wide array of speakers including Lee Elliot Major, Britain’s first Professor of Social Mobility,

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Paula 27/09/2022
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Garda Vetting Update 20 September 2022

Garda Vetting Update 20 September 2022 Its that time of year again, so this week we look at the Garda Vetting requirements for transition year students. Transition Year Students and Garda Vetting A “Transition Year Student” is a student participating in an approved programme in a Department of Education and Skills second level school. A

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Paula 20/09/2022
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Early Childhood Ireland calls for a five-year plan for Early Years and School Age Care settings as the Oireachtas returns

“Children in Ireland deserve world-class care and education” Early Childhood Ireland, the leading children’s advocacy and membership organisation, has today (15.09.22) reiterated its call on the Government to transform the Early Years and School Age Care system by providing an ambitious five-year investment plan in Budget 2023. Frances Byrne, Director of Policy at Early Childhood

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Paula 15/09/2022
Léargas and Early Childhood Ireland Erasmus+ ECEC Exchange
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Budget 2023 Submissions: An Overview

As part of our budgetary advocacy and policy work, Early Childhood Ireland has been tracking the publication of pre-budget submissions from various organisations to monitor support for the early years and School Age Care (EY/SAC) sector, in the lead up to Budget 2023. This is the third in a series of overviews of published submissions

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Lyndsey Cummins 13/09/2022
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Garda Vetting Update 13 September 2022

Apply for re-vetting now so you are ready for the Tusla registration renewal deadline of November 1 2022. We encourage all members to check their Garda Vetting and make sure it’s been done within the past 3 years. Tusla will be checking there is documentation to show evidence of this. The re-vetting process is the

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Lyndsey Cummins 13/09/2022
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Early Childhood Ireland welcomes publication of the first Employment Regulation Order (ERO) for staff in the Early Years and School Age Care sector

“Historic moment must be met with continued government investment in this vital workforce” says CEO Early Childhood Ireland, the leading organisation in the early years sector, has today (7.9.22) welcomed the announcement by government of the first Employment Regulation Order (ERO) for staff in the Early Years and School Age Care sector. The ERO marks

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Lyndsey Cummins 07/09/2022
Léargas and Early Childhood Ireland Erasmus+ ECEC Exchange
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Children’s School Lives: National Longitudinal Cohort Study of Primary Schooling in Ireland

Report 4: Preschool to Primary School Transition Children’s School Lives (CSL) is a national longitudinal cohort study of primary schooling in Ireland. Launched in October 2018, the study follows approximately 4,000 children across 189 schools through their primary school years. The study is now in year 3 and uses surveys and interviews with children, teachers

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Aisling Hearne 06/09/2022

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