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Policy Brief: Child Poverty Monitor 2023
At the start of June, the Children’s Rights Alliance released the 2023 Child Poverty Monitor. This is an annual publication that analyses and reports on child poverty in Ireland. The report tracks Government progress in reducing the number of children in poverty. It also points out possible solutions and areas of concern in issues such
AsIAm receives €135,000 in National Pyjama Day funding
Early Childhood Ireland is pleased to announce that €135,000 has been donated to autism charity, AsIAm, from funds raised during National Pyjama Day 2022. The process was facilitated by Community Foundation Ireland. Members of Early Childhood Ireland voted for AsIAm to benefit from the proceeds of National Pyjama Day, the largest one-day fundraising event organised
Policy Brief: When the Roof is the Sky – Tusla’s guidance for outdoors services
In early June, the Tusla Early Years Inspectorate (EYI) launched its guidance for outdoors services, When the Roof is the Sky. This document and suite of supporting literature provide guidance to those services operating fully or mostly outdoors. It is further hoped that this guidance will support providers to meet the requirements set out in
Policy Brief: Falling Behind – Children’s Rights in Ireland
On Tuesday, May 16 2023, the Ombudsman for Children’s Office (OCO) released its annual report for 2022. The ‘Falling Behind – Children’s Rights in Ireland’ report revealed a total of 1,812 complaints made to the Ombudsman’s office last year and highlighted numerous areas of concern, with the mental health system, increased poverty, and barriers to
Policy Brief: Parental Leave and Early Years
Do improvements in parental leave or subsidised Early Years provision lead to better development outcomes for children? This is the question that is put forward by Nabanita Datta Gupta and Jonas Jessen in a new report from SNS, Centre for Business and Policy Studies in Sweden. It reviews evidence from a number of casual studies
Policy Brief: South Africa finds investment in Early Years is key
Investment in Early Years is one of the most important tools available to ensure that children all over the world benefit from formal schooling and, later in life, from improved health, social, and economic outcomes, to reduce the intergenerational transmission of poverty. To mark Africa Day on 25 May 2023, we looked at South Africa’s
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