Department of Children, Equality, Integration, Disability and Youth Childcare Funding Programmes

The Department of Children Equality, Integration, Disability and Youth (DCEDIY) operates 3 childcare government programmes; ECCE, CCSP, and NCS.  Below is a short summary of each, for further detail click on the relevant subtabs.

1. Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE): This programme is a universal childcare programme otherwise known as ‘free pre-school’;
2. Community Childcare Subvention Plus Saver programme (CCSP): This programme provides childcare funding support targeting low income families in private childcare services and community childcare services;
3. The National Childcare Scheme (NCS) opened in 2019 and will replace all previous targeted childcare programmes with a single streamlined and user-friendly Scheme to help parents meet the cost of quality childcare

For more information on these programmes, https://www.ncs.gov.ie/en/information-resources/