Free Pre-School extended in Budget 2016 From September 2016 the Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) scheme will be extended . The changes mean that children will be able to start pre-school at age three, and to remain in pre-school until they start primary school. (or reach 5 years 6 months) . Currently, children between […]
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ECCE
Deadline for Early Childhood Care and Education Scheme (ECCE)
We wrote about the ECCE scheme as far back as April 2009 . This scheme was introduced to allow children to receive free pre-school provision of 3 hours per day, 5 days each week over a 38 week year. The pre-school providers will get a weekly capitation of €64.50 per child and parents will not […]
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Free Pre-School in Ireland (ECCE)
The latest Budget in Ireland announced that the short lived “Early Childcare Supplement” is to be halved from May 2009 and abolished from 31 December 2009. It is going to be replaced in January 2010 with a pre-school Early Childhood and Education Scheme (ECCE) for all children between the ages of 3 years 3 months […]
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