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CORK COUNTY CHILDCARE COMMITTEE

• 12 December 2025: 

Aim Level 7 Review and Confirm

Marriage certificates for any non-matching names on Garda Vetting Applications are no longer accepted as proof of names by GNVB. This change came into effect from Tuesday 18th November. Updated Tusla FAQ documents can be found here

This week the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality, Norma Foley, T.D, welcomed new findings from the OECD TALIS Starting Strong 2024 survey, which provides a comprehensive picture of Ireland’s early learning and care (ELC) workforce, alongside other OECD jurisdictions. The survey collected data from early years educators and managers in centre-based early learning and care settings in Ireland, serving children from birth up to school age. The full report and country notes can be viewed here

The Department of Education and Youth invite parents, guardians, school staff and boards of management members to fill in survey HERE to ‘Have Your Say’ about your primary school. The Department of Education and Youth will use the results of the survey to plan how the Department provide education at primary level.

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Please circulate the letter below which has the survey link to parents in your service - letter in English HERE Irish HERE. The letter informs parents and guardians about an important online survey of primary school communities.

The survey will close on 16 December 2025.  

The closing date for submitting an AIM Level 7 Review and Confirm application for the 2025/2026 programme call is 12 December 2025. If a child at your service had an approved AIM Level 7 application during the 2024/2025 programme call, you must submit an AIM Level 7 Review and Confirm application by 12 December 2025. All applications must be submitted through Early Years Hive. You can find a guide for submitting an AIM Level 7 Review and Confirm application here. 

The most up to date versions of the Role of the Inclusion Coordinator posters can be accessed on the following links:

• English Poster – PDF                                          Irish Poster – PDF

• English Poster – JPG                                           Irish Poster – JPG

Pobal conducted compliance training recently. The recordings of the training have been uploaded to hive should you wish to review during this programme year. Click here to access.

We invite you to visit our website HERE and like and follow our Facebook page Cork County Childcare Committee Ltd for updates and relevant content HERE​ Or scan QR code below

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The auto-enrolment pension scheme, MyFutureFund, is commencing on 1 January 2026. 

A recording of the webinar on auto-enrolment held for the ELC and SAC sector is available on https://youtu.be/0y5oNbuPx14

Responses to the FAQs raised at that webinar document is available HERE.

For information on NCS rules on recording attendance including on absenteeism and under-attendance please click here

All Early Years Services are required to renew registration every 3 years. The registration date can be found on the current Tusla certificate or checked on the Early Years Register or the School Age Register. Please note the following key points:

• Applications must be submitted no later than 2 months before your current certification expires.

• The process requires submission of in-date Garda Vetting for the Registered Provider and the Person in Charge (if different). Current timelines for vetting should be considered.

Failure to reregister in time will result in your removal from the register, and it is an offence to operate an unregistered service. Additional information on re-registration can be found here.