ECCE Scheme
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Existing Participant in ECCE Scheme - Application Form - 38 / 50 Week
Existing Participant in ECCE Scheme - Application Form - 41 Week
List of Childcare Services Offering Free Pre-School in North Tipperary

ECCE Scheme
2010
Dates for
your Diary
Please note:
The information below may be added to or amended slightly as the year
progresses and events arise.
In such cases please
ask that a Parent Declaration form and / or the Transfer form are completed
and returned to Childcare Directorate by the
15th
March, 2010 for the April term in the following cases:
[Parental Declaration Form, Birth Cert & Proof of PPS Number]
(b) Children transferring from one provider to another
[Parental
Declaration Form, Transfer Form, Birth Cert & Proof of PPS Number]
[Parental Declaration Form]
March:
By the end of March, the
OMCYA will issue Information Packs to all notified pre-school services
inviting them to apply for the ECCE scheme in September 2010. Services in
the Community Childcare Subvention Scheme (CCSS) will also be invited to
apply for the CCS/ECCE schemes as part of this process.
Services who are already in the ECCE scheme
will be required to confirm the following:
R
That the qualifications of
relevant staff are unchanged.
Where this is not confirmed, they must provide copies of the new staff
qualifications held.
R
Confirm that their bank
details are unchanged or provide details of the changes
R
A current tax clearance
certificate must be provided
New ECCE applicants must provide
R
Evidence of
staff qualifications
R
Bank details
R
Current tax clearance
certificate
April:
The closing date for
services to return ECCE/Community Childcare Subvention (CCS) applications to
North Tipperary County Childcare Committee will be
30th April, 2010.
May:
The OMCYA will issue
contracts to services for signature and return.
Please note, all copies of contract
must be signed and returned.
The contracts will apply for 1 year with a roll-over clause for a 2nd year.
June:
An Information Leaflet
for parents of children qualifying in September 2010 will be issued by the
OMCYA.
Services take
enrolments for the 2010-2011 preschool year
July:
Information Packs re
September 2010 ECCE/CCS electronic returns will be issued by OMCYA to all
participating services.
September:
Services will send out
and ask parents to complete and return parent declaration forms during the
expected reference week 6th
– 10th September, 2010.
October:
Services should advise
parents who wish to enrol their children for the scheme in January 2011 to
complete a parent declaration form for return to OMCYA, no later than
12th November 2010.
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