The National Child Safeguarding Programme is funded by the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (DCEDIY) and works in conjunction with Childcare Committees Ireland (CCI), Comhar Naíonraí na Gaeltachta (CNNG) and Tusla’s Children First Information and Advice Service (CFIAS) to tailor and develop Children First Training, resources and information to support child centred practice, that keeps children safe from harm while attending Early Learning and Childcare Services in Ireland.

Information for Childminders

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Minister Roderic O’Gorman has announced the publication of the new regulations for childminding, which will come into effect on 30th of September 2024.   This is the first time that childminders will be able to register with Tusla under new regulations that reflect the home and family setting in which childminders work and that take into account the unique features of childminding.

For further information please email martina.oloughlin@clarechildcare.ie

Childminding provides parents with the opportunity to have their children cared for in a home-based childcare setting. Clare County Childcare Committee maintain a database of Tusla registered & voluntary notified childminders in Clare and their contact details are made available to parents who contact our office looking for a childminder. Although we do not recommend any childminder, we can enable contact between childminders and parents. For advice on choosing a Childminder, please click on the button below.

All Tusla registered Childminders must have Garda Vetting, but best practice would indicate that all Childminders and their emergency backup contact should be Garda Vetted.

To apply for Garda Vetting, you must contact Barnardos’ Vetting Service directly by clicking on the button below.

Alternatively, Barnardos can be contacted on:

• Phone: 021 4547060
• Email: vetting@barnados.ie

If a Childminder is a member of Early Childhood Ireland they can be vetted as members through Early Childhood Ireland.

Here at Clare County Childcare Committee (CCCC) we are always happy to help you with all aspects of becoming a Childminder and continue to support you as you develop a quality Childminding service/business. This service is free and confidential.

If you have any questions about becoming a Childminder and would like further information/support documents, please contact our office on 065 6864862 or email martina.oloughlin@clarechildcare.ie

The Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Mr Roderic O’Gorman T.D., launched the National Action Plan for Childminding in April 2021. The National Action Plan aims to improve access to high quality and affordable early learning and care and school-age childcare through childminding and sets out a phased approach to bringing childminders within the scope of State-funded supports and regulation over the period 2021-2028.

For more information, please click on the links below:

Facebook page:  www.facebook.com/nationalactionplanforchildminding
YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/channel/UCCbDzj7-W-ptvqOFk0ysiYQ
NAPC video English: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnRYczchryY&t=8s
NAPC video Gaeilge: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuiR66nvTJk