Tag: Childcare

Eurostat indicators

Introduction This month, Eurostat published new statistics available through a new indicator for measuring ‘Children in formal childcare or education by age group and duration’. These statistics measure the participation of children in Early Years and can be filtered by their age group and duration. The development of this indicator and collection of this data

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Garda Vetting Update 11 Oct 2022

Follow up on Garda Vetting links It’s a very busy time of year for Garda Vetting, so please be sure to follow up on Garda Vetting links with your applicant to ensure that they have received and completed the link sent to them by the National Vetting Bureau. In some cases it is possible that

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How should we compare early learning and care systems?
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Where do rich countries stand on childcare?

A new research report has been published by UNICEF which evaluates the parental leave and childcare policies in high-income countries that are part of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) or the European Union (EU). Using the most recent comparable data, the authors built a league table which ranks each country on eight

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