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
This week’s Policy in Action gives an overview of policy developments that are expected in 2024 for the Early Years (EY) and School Age Care (SAC) sector. Child Care (Amendment) Bill New legislation which proposes to give Tusla greater enforcement powers in its regulation of Early Years and School Age Care settings, and which removes
This week we look at consent for Garda Vetting and some of the reasons why Garda Vetting applications are cancelled by us or the National Vetting Bureau. You must ensure that the applicant fully completes the NVB1 form, and that the information is correctly typed into our online Garda Vetting form. Consent for Garda Vetting
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
Garda Vetting Update 20 September 2022 Its that time of year again, so this week we look at the Garda Vetting requirements for transition year students. Transition Year Students and Garda Vetting A “Transition Year Student” is a student participating in an approved programme in a Department of Education and Skills second level school. A
Apply for re-vetting now so you are ready for the Tusla registration renewal deadline of November 1 2022. We encourage all members to check their Garda Vetting and make sure it’s been done within the past 3 years. Tusla will be checking there is documentation to show evidence of this. The re-vetting process is the
Welcome to another term and as always, we try and keep our Garda vetting process as efficient as possible so that you can get on to more exciting things. We are delighted that over 2,500 of Early Childhood Ireland members are using our online Garda Vetting system, and we would like to remind members that
We are delighted that the online Garda Vetting process has been successfully used by over 2,700 members and we hope that the increased flexibility of the system is beneficial. Please remember to input the full address of the applicant including town or city, as incomplete addresses may lead to a cancellation of the Garda Vetting
This week we outline Garda Vetting processing times, international student vetting requirements and how to track an application.
This week we remind members to send on their GNVB Affiliate Registration letter as soon as they receive it, so we can have their setting reregistered on the National Vetting Portal. Every ELC and SAC setting needs its own unique GNVB number in order to access Garda vetting in the future. We also outline the process for you.
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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
Registered Charity No: 20078904
