In recent months, the Tusla Early Years Inspectorate has provided a number of regulatory notices and updates which have sought to make implementation of the regulations more straightforward and flexible, and provide transparency and accountability to the inspection process. These changes are often flagged for providers on the Tusla Early Years Inspectorate website, along with
Oireachtas Update . Two significant Early Childhood Ireland policy proposals raised in the Dáil . We were pleased to see that significant proposals contained in our Budget 2024 submission and in our Policy Proposal: Closures or Early Years and School Age Care were raised in the Dáil by Deputy Colm Burke (Fine Gael). Through Parliamentary
Oireachtas This week, we look at the work of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth and its importance for Early Years (EY) and School Age Care (SAC) provision. Oireachtas Committees advise the Houses of the Oireachtas on a range of specific areas. They may consist of members of the Dáil
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
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
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
Department publishes transitional arrangements for financial reporting Following discussions with Early Years (EY) and School Age Care (SAC) stakeholders, including Early Childhood Ireland, the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (DCEDIY) has issued finalised transitional arrangements for financial reporting to cover year one and year two of Core Funding. In this transitional
Early Years and School Age Care settings should be recognised as sites of migrant integration Early Childhood Ireland has called for Early Years (EY) and School Age Care (SAC) settings to be recognised as sites of migrant integration and inclusion in its submission to the public consultation to inform a national strategy for migrant integration,
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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Registered Charity No: 20078904
Funded by the Irish Government under the National Development Plan, 2018-2027 Company Registration No: 506235
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