Pre-Registration Training for Childminders:

We are delighted to offer the Pre-registration Training for Childminders (current and potential).

The Pre-Registration training is a mandatory training for childminders and is the first step in registering with Tusla. If you are a childminder or are considering taking up childminding in your own home, then this free training programme is for you.

This training will support you with understanding the new childminding regulations (Child Care Act 1991 (Early Years Services) (Childminding Services) Regulations 2024) and will provide you with the information required to register with Tusla.

If you are interested in this training, please contact aoife.roche@clarechildcare.ie for more information.

Please click here to download a poster with all the details of the training.

Regulations for Childminders

2024

The regulations came into effect on the 30th of September 2024.

Please click here for press release and further links.

2026

Press release was issued by the Department of Children, Disability and Equality in which Minister Norma Foley launched ‘Let’s Talk Childminding’, a public consultation on the review of the new childminding regulations.

Please click here to view.

For further information regarding childminding please email aoife.roche@clarechildcare.ie

Information for Parents

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 pink button below.

Garda Vetting for Childminders

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. Childminders must only apply for Garda Vetting through Tusla.

In order to apply for Garda Vetting for the purpose of registration you will need to access the Tusla Garda Vetting portal. If you have a Portal account linked with a Childminding application, your profile username and password will work for Garda Vetting. If you have any other type of Portal account, you will need to create a new profile for the purposes of applying for Garda Vetting.

For queries regarding Garda Vetting or identity documents, email Tusla Central Vetting Bureau at tuslavetting@tusla.ie

Tusla Garda Vetting Portal: https://childminding.tusla.ie/account/login

More information: https://www.tusla.ie/early-years-inspectorate/garda-vetting-applications/

Existing/Potential Childminders

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 aoife.roche@clarechildcare.ie

National Action Plan for Childminding (2021 – 2028)

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. Please click on pink button below for press release.

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