Last week, in his Budget 2023 statement, Jeremy Hunt, the Chancellor of the Exchequer in the UK, talked about how he wanted to reform the Early Years and School Age Care sector as it was damaging the economy. He announced that parents of children aged nine months to three years will be offered 30 hours
In December 2022, the Government published the latest instalment of the State of the Nation’s Children (SONC) report. This report provides a comprehensive picture of the lives of children in Ireland, including key information on children’s health, behavioural and educational outcomes, and their relationships with their parents and their friends. SONC is widely used as
Weather Advisory Category Status Orange Met Éireann Weather Warning Further spells of sleet and snow today combined with strong east to northeast winds. Significant accumulations of snow are expected in some areas along with icy conditions. Affected areas (if specified) Snow/Ice warning for Cavan, Donegal, Monaghan, Clare, Connacht, Longford, Louth, Meath, Westmeath Valid: 11:00 Thursday
Last week, our colleagues the Children’s Rights Alliance, launched their Report Card 2023. This is the Alliance’s third analysis of the coalition Fianna Fail, Fine Gael and Green Party government’s Programme for Government: Our Shared Future. The Report Card looks at how this government’s programme has performed for children. The research approach comprised of detailed
Garda Vetting forms as Gaeilge Did you know that all our Garda Vetting forms are available in Irish? You can also fill out both the Early Childhood Ireland online Garda Vetting form and the link from the National Vetting Bureau in Irish. The forms are located on the Garda Vetting page on the Early Childhood
Last week we published our Early Childhood Ireland Barometer 2023. Now in its sixth year, Early Childhood Ireland’s Barometer is an annual opinion poll conducted nationwide by RED C to gauge public attitudes to Early Years care and education. The education of children under 5 is as important as the education of children over 5?
This Saturday, 25 February 2023, is Ireland Reads Day. This initiative is part of the Government’s ‘Keep Well’ campaign and supported by public libraries, publishers, booksellers, authors and many organisations that promote literacy and the arts. Ireland Reads encourages young and old to “Squeeze in a Read”. They’re asking everyone to pledge time to reading
On 24 and 25 January 2023, the Minister of the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (DCEDIY) led the Irish delegation appearing before the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child in Geneva, Switzerland. Ireland’s latest appearance before the Committee coincides with the centenary of our State and the 10-year anniversary of
Public view Early Years education as equally important to primary or secondary education and care – Annual Barometer finds strong demand for high-quality care for younger children – Ireland is at an all-time high of support for high quality Early Years care for children. That’s according to survey results published today (20.02.23) by Early
The Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) has just launched ‘Shared Island – Early Childhood Education and Care in Ireland and Northern Ireland’. This report examines Early Childhood Care and Education (ECEC) policies in Ireland and Northern Ireland. It compares patterns of participation in ECEC among pre-school children in the two jurisdictions and draws on
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Charity No CHY: 19987
Registered Charity No: 20078904
Funded by the Irish Government under the National Development Plan, 2018-2027 Company Registration No: 506235
Charity No CHY: 19987
Registered Charity No: 20078904
