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Policy Proposal: Closures of Early Years and School Age Care Settings

Last week, representatives from Early Childhood Ireland presented a Policy Proposal to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, which was discussing the Early Years sector and issues arising. The purpose of this Policy Proposal is to provide an overview of Early Childhood Ireland’s recommendations to the Department of Children, Equality,

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Martin Nagle 14/11/2023
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Childhood Development Initiative conference review

Early Childhood Ireland recently attended the Childhood Development Initiative’s (CDI) conference, Pressing Pause: Reconfiguring Childcare, Policy and Practice.  It included expert speakers such as Karen Butler from Tusla, Dr Alison Clark professor of Early Childhood Education from the University of South-Eastern Norway, Mark Considine, Principal Officer of the Access and Inclusion Unit at the Department

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Martin Nagle 07/11/2023
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Policy in Action 7 November 2023

Oireachtas Update As part of our policy work, Early Childhood Ireland monitors the Oireachtas each week. As well as covering Committee meetings and Leaders’ Questions, we also review Parliamentary Questions (PQs) that are submitted by members of the Dáil to the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (CEDIY), Roderic O’Gorman TD. Seanad debates

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Martin Nagle 07/11/2023
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Meet the Members 2023

The event on Thursday, 5 October 2023 Early Childhood Ireland was delighted to hold our first Meet the Members event since before the pandemic, last Thursday, just days before today’s Budget 2024 announcement. A group of our members from Early Childhood Ireland were invited to Buswells Hotel in Dublin to meet their local TDs, as

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Paula 10/10/2023
Léargas and Early Childhood Ireland Erasmus+ ECEC Exchange
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Policy Brief: Valuing Outdoor Play Conference

In March 2023, Early Childhood Ireland hosted a policy conference discussing outdoor play in Early Years (EY) settings and how outdoor play can be better facilitated by stakeholders in the sector. This conference gathered policymakers and stakeholders from the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (DCEDIY), the Department of Education, Tusla, sector organisations

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Martin Nagle 03/10/2023
Léargas and Early Childhood Ireland Erasmus+ ECEC Exchange
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Policy Brief: Child Care Amendment Bill 2023

Proposed legislation, which aims to give Tusla greater enforcement powers in its regulation of Early Years (EY) and School Age Care (SAC) settings, was approved for drafting by Government last week. Under The Heads and General Scheme of the Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2023, Tusla will be able to immediately close unregistered EY and SAC

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Paula 02/05/2023
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Early Childhood Ireland: Changing the Irish Early Years system for children

Early Childhood Ireland and Léargas (the agency managing the Erasmus+ Programme for Ireland) have been very concerned about the inequality of access to the Erasmus+ Programme for Irish Early Years providers and staff. The European Commission’s Erasmus+ Programme (2021-2027) has a budget of €26 billion, which can be used in education to support workforce development

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Paula 12/04/2023
Léargas and Early Childhood Ireland Erasmus+ ECEC Exchange
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Policy Brief: Annual Monitoring Report on Nurturing Skills

The annual monitoring report on Nurturing Skills has just been published. Nurturing Skills, the workforce plan for the Early Years and School Age Care sector, aims to improve qualification levels, create professional development pathways, and promote careers in the sector. The annual monitoring report focuses on the main achievements of 2022. It also gives a

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Paula 12/04/2023
Early Childhood Ireland Policy Brief
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Policy Brief: Early Childhood Ireland’s Valuing Outdoor Play conference

Last week, Early Childhood Ireland hosted a policy conference discussing outdoor play in Early Years (EY) settings and how outdoor play can be better facilitated by stakeholders in the sector. This conference gathered policymakers and stakeholders from the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (DCEDIY), the Department of Education, Tusla, sector organisations and

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Paula 04/04/2023

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Funded by the Irish Government under the National Development Plan, 2018-2027 Company Registration No: 506235
Charity No CHY: 19987
Registered Charity No: 20078904

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