November Early Years e-Bulletin

eBulletin

Welcome to the November edition of the Early Years e-Bulletin.

We hope you enjoy this month's updates from across the Early Years sector, and find the information useful.

Kind regards,
Early Years Division

Message from Minister O' Gorman

Welcome to your latest Early Years e-Bulletin.

Since the last edition, the Government announced its annual budget for 2022, which included a €716m package for early learning and childcare. This investment package involves an increase of €78m on last year’s budget, and the introduction of a new core funding stream from September 2022...

Articles from the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth

Topics this month include:

Children First Awareness Week
Playing Outside Capital Grant
Budget 2022 and the new Core Funding stream
Qualifications Recognition Process

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Articles from Pobal

Topics this month include:

Notifications on the Early Years Hive Portal
Early Years Provider Centre (EYPC)
Better Start - Quality Development Service (QDS)

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Department of Education Early Years Inspectorate

Topics this month include:

Launch of Consultation Phase in development of Early Years Education Inspection (EYEI) Model for Birth to Six
Early Years Education Inspection Programme