As part of Early Childhood Ireland’s policy monitoring work, we examine the implementation of key plans and commitments including those in Nurturing Skills: The Workforce Development Plan for Early Learning and Care and School Age Childcare and Partnership for the Public Good on an ongoing basis. Recently, a report focusing on the Early Childhood Care
A level playing field in Early Childhood education To create a level playing field in a child’s early years, all children should have equal access to high-quality learning and development opportunities, with additional resources being allocated to children experiencing disadvantage or their Early Years settings, according to a recently published working paper from the Organisation
In the second edition of our new monthly feature, Making the News, we recap our media footprint around key events, including the launch of our Single Agency proposal and the Early Childhood Barometer 2024. In February, Early Childhood Ireland was featured in 12 web articles, 3 printed articles, and across 30 radio stations countrywide, including
Last week, the ‘Building Children’s Futures: Using Children’s Rights to Recover from the Global Pandemic’ project report was launched. This project was funded by the EU Commission and led by the Children’s Rights Alliance in partnership with the Department of Children Equality Disability Integration and Youth (DCEDIY), Tusla, and Children and Young People’s Services Committees
Oireachtas Update Early Childhood Ireland monitors the relevant work of the Oireachtas each week. Part of this work is to review Oireachtas debates and Parliamentary Questions (PQs) that are relevant to the Early Years (EY) and School Age Care (SAC) sector. Recently, these have included: Early Childhood Ireland Policy Proposal: Single Agency for Early Years
20 million children in European Union Member States are at risk of poverty or social inclusion, according to a new report, The State of Children in the European Union 2024, published by the UNICEF Office for Relations with EU Institutions, last week. Analysis of child well-being and progress in the European Union 2019-2024 UNICEF, a
Yesterday, we released the Early Childhood Ireland Barometer 2024. Now in its seventh year, the annual Barometer – based on a national opinion poll conducted by RED C – revealed broad public support for access to Early Years and School Age Care for all children. It also highlighted that over half of adults are in
Overwhelming public support for children to have guaranteed access to high-quality, inclusive Early Years in their community – Early Childhood Ireland Barometer 2024 Monday, February 26, 2024: Over three quarters (76%) of the Irish public agree that every child in the country should be guaranteed access to high-quality, inclusive Early Years and School Age
Public Consultation on the Draft Childminding Regulations In this week’s Policy in Action, Early Childhood Ireland looks at the recently published draft childminding regulations, which are out for public consultation from Thursday, 8 February 2024 until Thursday, 2 May 2024. The draft regulations have also been published in an easy-to-read summary here. The Need for
Earlier this month, Early Childhood Ireland released our newest series of Explainers, focussing on Quality for Children. This series covers topics such as Aistear, Síolta, the Universal Design Guidelines, and the Reggio Emilia Approach. This week’s Policy in Focus will go through and summarise the Explainers in this series. Universal Design Guidelines The Universal Design
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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
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