Childcare settings in Ireland will be subject to education-focused inspections from next year.
Making the announcement last week on Budget 2015, Ireland’s minister for children and youth affairs James Reilly revealed that early childhood settings participating in the Early Childhood Care and Education Scheme (ECCE) will in future be inspected on their quality of educational provision.
Under the ECCE, also known as the free pre-school year, children aged over three years and two months and less than four years seven months are entitled to a free childcare place.
The minister for children and youth affairs also announced during Budget 2015 that the new National Quality Standards for early years services will be published shortly.
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