Funding Model for Early Learning and Care and School-Age Childcare

Frontier Economics Research Papers

Frontier Economics was appointed as Research Partner to provide research support to inform the work of the Expert Group to develop a new Funding Model for Early Learning and Care and School-Age Childcare. Under the direction of the Expert Group, Frontier Economics have produced a set of research papers.

These research papers aim to provide a broad foundational base upon which international comparisons and learnings can be drawn that will be of value for the development of the funding model in Ireland. The authors are solely responsible for the views, opinions, findings, conclusions and/or recommendations expressed, which are not attributable to the Department or the Expert Group.

The suite of Research Papers are as follows:

1. International Comparisons of Fees, Staff Wages and Public Investment in Early Learning and Care.Download

2. International Approaches to Funding Early Learning and Care and School-Age Childcare to Reduce Costs for Parents Download

3. Review of Working Conditions for Staff in Early Learning and Care Download

4. Mechanisms to Control Fees Charged to Parents for Early Learning and Care and School-Age Childcare Download

5. Approaches to Identifying Children or Settings in Need of Additional Support Download

6. Funding Models Addressing Early Childhood Disadvantage Download

7. ELC and SAC Funding Models which Support Provision Quality Download

8. Shared Delivery Models for Early Learning and Care and School-Age Childcare Download

For more information please see https://first5fundingmodel.gov.ie/publications-2/

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