Below please find a number of resources that have been developed to guide and assist providers and practitioners for the preparation and reopening stages of their service

School Age Services – Key Messages

COVID-19 health and Safety checklist for reopening,

(ECI) FAQs for Practitioners,

(DCYA) FAQs for Providers,

(DCYA) Funding Model FAQs,

(DCYA) Guidance on eligibility for childcare,

(DCYA) Preparing to Reopen Early Learning and Care and School-Age Childcare settings

Reopening HR FAQs, (ECI)

Return to Work Safely Protocol, (ECI)

Regulatory Guidance

Circular Arrangements for Inspection of Early Learning and Care (ELC) Settings for the 2020 2021 academic year, (DES)

COVID-19 Inspection protocol for registered providers, (TUSLA)

COVID-19 Notification form for Early Years services,(Tusla)

Early Years COVID-19 Self-Assessment checklist,(Tusla)

Guidance for Early Years Services managing COVID-19, (Tusla)

Inspection toolkit, (TUSLA)

Pre-Inspection Documentation Request, (TUSLA)

Tusla EY letter to Registered Providers, (TUSLA)

Health Guidance

Infection Prevention and Control, guidance for settings providing childcare during the COVID-19 Pandemic, (HPSC)

Guidance for childminders

Childminding Covid 19 contract with parents, sample, (CMI)

Childminding guidelines during Covid 19, (CMI)

Childminding Reopening Grant Application, (DCYA)

Childminding Reopening Grant Guidelines, (DCYA)

Childminding risk assessment template, (CMI)

Funding Model FAQs, (DCYA)

Infection control policy for Childminders, (CMI)

Infection Prevention and Control, guidance for settings providing childcare during the COVID-19 Pandemic, (HPSC)