County/City Childcare Committees (CCCs)

County/City Childcare Committees (CCCs)

City/County Childcare Committees (CCCs) work collaboratively to provide support to  early education and childcare service providers including Early learning and Care (ELC) and School Aged Childcare (SAC) and Childminders.

Pobal, on behalf of the Department of Children Equality Disability Integration and Youth (DCEDIY), manages the funding of CCCs, oversees their work and provides development supports.The DCEDIY, Pobal and the CCCs also work collaboratively via a case management process to ensure that any contracted services experiencing challenges are closely supported.

Pobal undertakes audit and verification visits to CCCs ensure the investment by DCEDIY is appropriately accounted for.

There are 30 City and County Childcare Committees who operate as local agents of the DCEDIY. CCCs support the implementation of early education and childcare programmes at local level.

CCCs are often the first point of contact for service providers and parents in relation to early childhood care and education initiatives such as the national childcare funding programmes and the national practice frameworks; Síolta & Aistear.

Further information about CCCs and how they can support you as well as contact details for your local CCC can be found  here.