Parent Statement for Partner Services
1. Welcome to our Partner ServiceBallyglass Community Childcare Centre, Ballyglass Claremorris F12VW77, is a Partner Service, working together with the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, and parents to deliver high quality, affordable, inclusive Early Learning and Care (ELC) and/or School Age Childcare (SAC) services for children under Together for Better.
Together for Better is the new funding model for early learning and childcare that brings together three major programmes, the Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) programme - including the Access and Inclusion Model (AIM), the National Childcare Scheme (NCS) and Core Funding, with a fourth programme under development – the Equal Participation Model.
As a Partner Service, we offer subsidy schemes to parents and receive Core Funding. This Parent
Statement outlines some of the important things you can expect from us, as a Partner Service. This Parent
Statement is provided as a condition of the Core Funding Partner Service Funding Agreement, the NCS, ECCE and CCSP Saver Funding agreements and informs the agreement in place between us {input service name} and the parents/guardians that use our service. The Minister of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth is not a party to this agreement which is solely between the service and parent/guardian.
1.1 About Us
Here are some of the basic things to know about us:
A typical week for us is 08:00 to 17:30 Monday to Friday for 51 weeks per year.
At Ballyglass Community Childcare Centre we offer the following services to children and their families:
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Sessional Care for Early Learning & Care (ELC) excluding ECCE provision
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Sessional pre-school under ECCE (Free Pre-school)
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Full day care/part time care for Early Learning & Care (ELC)
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Term time School Age Childcare
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Out of term School Age Childcare
[Choose all that apply]
2. Early Childhood Care and Education Programme (ECCE), Access and Inclusion Model (AIM), National Childcare Scheme (NCS) and Community Childcare Subvention Plus (CCSP) Saver Programme.
This Childcare Service is in contract to deliver the:
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National Childcare Scheme (NCS)
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Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) programme
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Community Childcare Subvention Plus (CCSP) Saver
Programme
Early Childhood Care and Education Programme (ECCE):
ECCE provides for 15 hours per week of preschool provision over 38 weeks per year before children start primary school at no charge to parents. A child is eligible to start ECCE in the September term once they have turned 2 years and 8 months of age on or prior to 31 August that year.
If you are availing of additional childcare, the balance of the childcare fees that you have to pay are the child's fees minus the 15 hours of ECCE per week your child is eligible for. The 15 hours you are awarded is paid by the Department to Ballyglass Community Childcare Centre for your child. Any additional childcare hours you are using outside of ECCE are eligible for an NCS subsidy (see details below).
Ballyglass Community Childcare Centre must provide you with written details of how the balance of your childcare fees are calculated (that is, the fee we charge less your free 15 hours per week of preschool provision).
Manager will support you in registering your child for the ECCE programme in our service if your child meets the eligibility criteria. Further information about ECCE is available here - https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/2459ee-early-childhood-care-and-education-programme-ecce/
Please note: In the ECCE Programme you are not required or obliged to select or pay a deposit for any optional extras.
If you do avail of any optional extra, should you, at any time, wish to withdraw from any of the optional extras selected, you must provide Ballyglass Community Childcare Centre with 20 working days’ notice.
Access and Inclusion Model (AIM):
The goal of AIM is to create a more inclusive environment in pre-schools, so all children, regardless of ability, can benefit from quality early learning and care. The model achieves this by providing universal supports to pre-school settings, and targeted supports, which focus on the needs of the individual child, without requiring a diagnosis of disability.
Further information about AIM is available here - https://aim.gov.ie/
Optional:
This service also has an Inclusion Coordinator, Rachael McDonnell Cassidy who has a special qualification focused on supporting the inclusion of all children in the service.
National Childcare Scheme (NCS)
NCS provides subsidies to parents and families to offset the costs of Early Learning and Care (ELC) and/or
School Age Childcare (SAC). There are two types of subsidies available to apply for under the NCS - the Universal or Income Assessed subsidy. Both subsidies are available to families with children between 24 weeks and 15 years of age.
This service welcomes children who wish to avail of the National Childcare Scheme, including children referred under the sponsorship programme. Further information about the NCS, including how to apply for a subsidy, is available here - https://www.ncs.gov.ie/en/ or contact the NCS Parent Support Centre on 01 906 8530 (Monday to Friday from 9am to 5pm).
Your NCS award includes a unique CHICK (Childcare Identifier Code Key) and information on the maximum number of hours you can claim. To use your award, you must:
Ballyglass Community Childcare Centre must provide you with details of how your co-payment amount is calculated (our fee less your NCS subsidy). We will always notify you within 20 days if and when your copayment amount changes, including details on how it has been calculated.
Community Childcare Subvention Plus (CCSP) Saver Programme
The CCSP Saver Programme is available to eligible children up to the age of 15 years, for low income families who had eligible children registered prior to the CCSP Saver Programme’s closure in November 2019. This programme is no longer available to new applicants.
The CCSP Saver Programme funds providers to charge reduced childcare costs to eligible
parent’s/guardians based on bands of subvention awarded. The CCSP Saver Programme can run for up to 52 weeks of the programme year.
The balance of childcare fees that you have to pay are the child's fees minus the subsidy you are eligible for. The subsidy you are awarded is paid by the Department to Ballyglass Community Childcare Centre for your child.
Ballyglass Community Childcare Centre must provide you with written details of how the balance of your childcare fees are calculated (our fee less your CCSP Saver Programme subsidy).
will assist you in registering your child for the CCSP Saver Programme in our service if you and your child meet the eligibility criteria. Further information about the CCSP Saver Programme is available here (CCSP Saver Programme Rules).
Calendars
Ballyglass Community Childcare Centre will provide you with a separate letter indicating the days our service is closed over the programme year. We will provide you with a minimum of 20 working days written notice period of our intention to change this.
3. Fees PoliciesAs an Approved Provider, we operate a Fees Policy that is transparent and understandable to our parents. Please do not hesitate to contact Manager who will provide additional clarification as required.
3.1 Fee Management – As a Partner Service, we operate our Fees Policy in accordance with the Core Funding Partner Service Funding Agreement, which in programme year 2023/2024 involves no increases of fees on those charged to parents on the 30th of September 2021, called a ‘fee freeze’. In order that you can understand what this fee freeze means for you, we have outlined our fees and associated fees policy below.
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a) Our service was in existence in September 2021
As a Partner Service, we are committed to operating the ‘fee freeze’ for Programme Year 2023/2024. This means that we will not charge our parents more for the same service than what we were charging in September 2021.
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b) Our service has been established since September 2021
As a Partner Service, we are committed to operating the ‘fee freeze’ for Programme Year 2023/2024. This means that we will not charge our parents more for the same service than what we were charging when we first became a Partner Service.
3.2 Donations - We will not request or accept any donations, voluntary or otherwise from parents/guardians, in respect of the ELC/SAC services being provided.
3.3 Deposits - We will not charge any non-refundable deposits[1] to parents/guardians in the respect of their ELC/SAC service where the parent/guardian takes up the service for which the deposit was paid.
3.4 Discounts – We will keep all discounts that were available on 30 September 2021 in place, provided that they are available to all children in our service. Any discount relevant to you will be applied to your normal fee before any subsidy is applied.
3.5 Optional Extras – The term ‘Optional Extra’ is only applicable to any extra services or activities we offer under the ECCE/CCSP Saver Programmes which are not funded by the Programmes but which are voluntary with optional charges to you. These optional extras are very limited in nature and there is a copy of the DCEDIY-approved optional extras list available in Appendix 1 of the ECCE programme rules, which are also available on the Early Years Hive.
3.6 Additional Service - Is when something additional to a service type/fee option is offered to parents/guardians. Take up of the additional service must be entirely optional to parents/guardians. For example a service provider may offer school collection services in addition to their SAC Service Types, or a service providing ECCE only may offer 2 weeks of camp during Easter, these would be entirely optional to parents and charged for additionally.
3.7 Fee Review Process - Core Funding is a payment to Partner Services designed to support quality, sustainability, and enhanced public management, with associated conditions in relation to fee control and cost transparency, incorporating funding for administration and to support the employment of graduate staff.
Partner Services must uphold their contractual obligations regarding their fees charged to parents/guardians as laid out in the Core Funding Partner Service Funding Agreement.
Where a parent/guardian identifies a potential breach of Core Funding fee rules by a Partner Service, they may seek to have this examined and a conclusion reached through the Core Funding Fee Review process.
A parent/guardian who has identified a change to a Partner Service’s fee policy potentially breaching the Core Funding Partner Service Funding Agreement, may address the issue in the first instance by using the Partner Service’s complaints policy. In certain cases, this step may allow for the quick resolution of the case between the Partner Service and the parent/guardian without engagement with the CCC, Pobal or the Department. This pre-fee review stage is optional and where a parent/guardian does not wish to engage with the service with their concerns or questions around Fee Management, a parent/guardian can move straight to Stage 1 and raise the case directly with the relevant CCC.
Ballyglass Community Childcare Centre will display this Parent Statement at all times in an area accessible to parents/guardians as well as on any online platform maintained by the Ballyglass Community Childcare Centre for the purpose of advertising its service or providing information to parents/guardians. Ballyglass Community Childcare Centre will print and co-sign a Parent Statement for each family. A copy signed by [Insert service name] and the parent/guardian will be retained on file. Any changes to Fee Policies will require that an updated Parent Statement is displayed and Ballyglass Community Childcare Centre will issue updated Parent Statements by email to our parents/guardians and retain proof of the associated email.
3.8 Fee Policy Fee policy is the same as the fee policy that we had in place on September 30, 2021
[1] Non-refundable deposits include administration/registration fees or other such charges.
3.9 Fee Tables
3.9.1 - Section A: Fee TablesFee Type
Name
Age Range
School
Age / Early
Years
ECCE
Available?
Session
Start
Time
Session
Finish
Time
Incorporated Services?
Choose
Incorporated
Service
Additional Information
Hrs per
Day
Days per
Week
Hrs per
Week
Full Fee
Fee
(including
ECCE – 3
Free
Hours)
Effective
From
Effective To
Half Day Care
0y 6m
- 3y
ELC
No
08:00
13:00
Yes
Meal
5
5
25
€115
€
28/08/2023
Full Day
Care
0y 6m
- 3y
ELC
No
08:00
17:30
Yes
Meal
9.5
4
38
€136
€
28/08/2023
SAC - juniors
4y - 6y
6m
SAC
No
13:50
15:00
No
Available for school term only
1.1
4
4.4
€32
€
28/08/2023
Full Day
Care
0y 6m
- 3y
ELC
No
08:00
17:30
Yes
Meal
9.5
3
28.5
€102
€
28/08/2023
25/08/2024
Full Day
Care
0y 6m
- 3y
ELC
No
08:00
17:30
Yes
Meal
9.5
1
9.5
€34
€
28/08/2023
25/08/2024
Half Day Care
0y 6m
- 3y
ELC
No
08:00
13:00
Yes
Meal
5
4
20
€92
€
28/08/2023
25/08/2024
Half Day Care
0y 6m
- 3y
ELC
No
08:00
13:00
Yes
Meal
5
3
15
€69
€
28/08/2023
25/08/2024
Half Day Care
0y 6m
- 3y
ELC
No
08:00
13:00
Yes
Meal
5
2
10
€46
€
28/08/2023
25/08/2024
Half Day Care
0y 6m
- 3y
ELC
No
08:00
13:00
Yes
Meal
5
1
5
€23
€
28/08/2023
25/08/2024
Full Day
Care
0y 6m
- 3y
ELC
No
08:00
17:30
Yes
Meal
9.5
5
47.5
€170
€
28/08/2023
25/08/2024
Half Day Care
0y 6m
- 3y
ELC
No
13:00
17:30
Yes
Meal
4.5
5
22.5
€115
€
28/08/2023
25/08/2024
Half Day Care
0y 6m
- 3y
ELC
No
13:00
17:30
Yes
Meal
4.5
4
18
€92
€
28/08/2023
25/08/2024
Half Day Care
0y 6m
- 3y
ELC
No
13:00
17:30
Yes
Meal
4.5
3
13.5
€69
€
26/08/2023
25/08/2024
Half Day Care
0y 6m
- 3y
ELC
No
13:00
17:30
Yes
Meal
4.5
2
9
€46
€
28/08/2023
26/08/2024
Half Day Care
0y 6m
- 3y
ELC
No
13:00
17:30
Yes
Meal
4.5
1
4.5
€23
€
28/08/2023
26/08/2024
Full Day
Care
3y -
12y 6m
ELC/SAC
Yes
08:00
17:30
Yes
Meal
Full day
School Age Care available only outside
9.5
5
47.5
€165
€100.5
28/08/2023
25/08/2024
of school term time,
i.e. Midterm breaks, Christmas break, Easter break and summer months.
Full Day
Care
3y -
12y 6m
ELC/SAC
Yes
08:00
17:30
Yes
Meal
Full day
School Age Care available only outside of school term time,
i.e. Midterm breaks, Christmas break, Easter break and summer months.
9.5
4
38
€132
€80.4
28/08/2023
25/08/2024
Full Day
Care
3y -
12y 6m
ELC/SAC
Yes
08:00
17:30
Yes
Meal
Full day
School Age Care available only outside of school term time,
i.e. Midterm breaks, Christmas break, Easter break and summer months.
9.5
3
28.5
€99
€60.3
28/08/2023
25/08/2024
Full Day
Care
3y -
12y 6m
ELC/SAC
Yes
08:00
17:30
Yes
Meal
Full day
School Age Care available only outside of school term time,
i.e. Midterm breaks, Christmas break,
9.5
2
19
€66
€40.2
28/08/2023
25/08/2024
Easter break and summer months.
Full Day
Care
3y -
12y 6m
ELC/SAC
Yes
08:00
17:30
Yes
Meal
Full day
School Age Care available only outside of school term time,
i.e. Midterm breaks, Christmas break, Easter break and summer months.
9.5
1
9.5
€33
€20.1
28/08/2023
25/08/2024
Half Day Care
3y -
12y 6m
ELC/SAC
Yes
08:00
13:00
Yes
Meal
Half day
School Age Care available only outside of school term time,
i.e. Midterm breaks, Christmas break, Easter break and summer months.
5
5
25
€110
€45.5
28/08/2023
25/08/2024
Half Day Care
3y -
12y 6m
ELC/SAC
No
08:00
13:00
Yes
Meal
Half day
School Age Care available only outside of school term time,
i.e. Midterm breaks, Christmas break, Easter break and summer months.
5
4
20
€88
€36.4
28/08/2023
25/08/2024
Half Day Care
3y -
12y 6m
ELC/SAC
Yes
08:00
13:00
Yes
Meal
Half day
School Age
5
3
15
€66
€27.3
28/08/2023
25/08/2024
Care available only outside of school term time,
i.e. Midterm breaks, Christmas break, Easter break and summer months.
Half Day Care
3y -
12y 6m
ELC/SAC
Yes
08:00
13:00
Yes
Meal
Half day
School Age Care available only outside of school term time,
i.e. Midterm breaks, Christmas break, Easter break and summer months.
5
2
10
€44
€18.2
28/08/2023
25/08/2024
Half Day Care
3y -
12y 6m
ELC/SAC
Yes
08:00
13:00
Yes
Meal
Half day
School Age Care available only outside of school term time,
i.e. Midterm breaks, Christmas break, Easter break and summer months.
5
1
5
€22
€9.1
28/08/2023
25/08/2024
Half Day Care
3y -
12y 6m
ELC/SAC
No
13:00
17:30
Yes
Meal
Half day
School Age Care available only outside of school term time,
i.e. Midterm
4.5
5
22.5
€110
€
28/08/2023
25/08/2024
breaks, Christmas break, Easter break and summer months.
Half Day Care
3y -
12y 6m
ELC/SAC
No
13:00
17:30
Yes
Meal
Half day
School Age Care available only outside of school term time,
i.e. Midterm breaks, Christmas break, Easter break and summer months.
4.5
4
18
€88
€
28/08/2023
25/08/2024
Half Day Care
3y -
12y 6m
ELC/SAC
No
13:00
17:30
Yes
Meal
Half day
School Age Care available only outside of school term time,
i.e. Midterm breaks, Christmas break, Easter break and summer months.
4.5
3
13.5
€66
€
28/08/2023
25/08/2024
Half Day Care
3y -
12y 6m
ELC/SAC
No
13:00
17:30
Yes
Meal
Half day
School Age Care available only outside of school term time,
i.e. Midterm breaks, Christmas break, Easter break and
4.5
2
9
€44
€
28/08/2023
25/08/2024
summer months.
Half Day Care
3y -
12y 6m
ELC/SAC
No
13:00
17:30
Yes
Meal
Half day
School Age Care available only outside of school term time,
i.e. Midterm breaks, Christmas break, Easter break and summer months.
4.5
1
4.5
€22
€
28/08/2023
25/08/2024
SAC - juniors
4y -
12y 6m
SAC
No
13:50
15:00
No
Available for school term only
1.1
2
2.2
€16
€
28/08/2023
25/08/2024
SAC - juniors
4y - 6y
6m
SAC
No
13:50
15:00
No
Available for school term only
1.1
1
1.1
€8
€
28/08/2023
25/08/2024
School Age Care
4y -
12y 6m
SAC
No
13:50
17:30
No
School term only
3.5
5
17.5
€85
€
28/08/2023
25/08/2024
School Age Care
4y -
12y 6m
SAC
No
13:50
17:30
No
School term only
3.5
4
14
€68
€
28/08/2023
25/08/2024
School Age Care
4y -
12y 6m
SAC
No
13:50
17:30
No
School term only
3.5
3
10.5
€51
€
28/08/2023
25/08/2024
School Age Care
4y -
12y 6m
SAC
No
13:50
17:30
No
School term only
3.5
2
7
€34
€
28/08/2023
25/08/2024
School Age Care
4y -
12y 6m
SAC
No
13:50
17:30
No
School term only
3.5
1
3.5
€17
€
28/08/2023
25/08/2024
School Age Care
4y -
12y 6m
SAC
No
14:50
17:30
No
School term only
2.5
2
5
€28
€
28/08/2023
25/08/2024
School Age Care
4y -
12y 6m
SAC
No
14:50
17:30
No
School term only
2.5
1
2.5
€14
€
28/08/2023
25/08/2024
School Age Care
4y -
12y 6m
SAC
No
14:50
17:30
No
School term only
2.5
4
10
€56
€
28/08/2023
25/08/2024
School Age Care
4y -
12y 6m
SAC
No
14:50
17:30
No
School term only
2.5
5
12.5
€70
€
28/08/2023
25/08/2024
Full Day
Care
0y 6m
- 3y
ELC
No
08:00
17:30
Yes
Meal
9.5
2
19
€68
€
28/08/2023
25/08/2024
SAC - juniors
4y - 6y
6m
SAC
No
13:50
15:00
No
Available for school term only
1.1
3
3.3
€24
€
28/08/2023
SAC - juniors
4y - 6y
6m
SAC
No
13:50
15:00
No
Available for school term only
1.1
5
5.5
€40
€
28/08/2023
School Age Care
4y -
12y 6m
SAC
No
14:50
17:30
No
School term only
2.5
3
7.5
€42
€
28/08/2023
Sessional
(9.15am12.15am)
2y 8m
- 5y
6m
ELC
Yes
09:15
12:15
No
This fee is pro rata for those availing of less than 5
days.ECCE term only (38 weeks)
3
5
15
€64.5
€0
28/08/2023
Breakfast
Club
(8am-
9am)
4y -
12y 6m
SAC
No
08:00
09:00
Yes
Meal
This fee is pro rata for those availing of less than 5 days.School term only
1
5
5
€40
€
28/08/2023
3.9.2 - SECTION B - FEES EXTRAS: DEPOSIT / DISCOUNT / OPTIONAL EXTRAS*2/ ADDITIONAL SERVICES
Type
Extras
Amount
Description
Additional Detail / Conditions
Effective From
Effective To
Deposit
€50
Sessional ECCE service
Returned once registered on Early Years Hive.
28/08/2023
25/08/2024
Deposit
€100
Full Day Care and Half Day Care
One months notice period must be provided for deposit to be returned.
28/08/2023
25/08/2024
Deposit
€50
School Age Care
Deposit refunded once one months notice is provided.
28/08/2023
25/08/2024
Discount
€
10% discount is applied to second siblings fee if both attending full day care for 5 days
28/08/2023
25/08/2024
Optional Extra
Food
€4
Dinner for school age care can be
provided for €4 per
day
28/08/2023
25/08/2024
Optional Extra
One Paid Preschool Trip
€15
Pre-school school tour in June
28/08/2023
25/08/2024
N/A
€1.5
€1.50 per day for bus from Belcarra National School to childcare centre
payable during absenteeism e.g. sick days
28/08/2023
25/08/2024
3.9.3 - Section C – Other Additional Information If your child does not attend due to holidays or sickness, full fees still apply.
Fees are payable on bank holidays. Fees are payable for Full Day Care, Half Day Care and School Age Care during mid-term breaks, Easter breaks and summer months even during times of absenteeism.
Fees are not payable for one week during the Christmas closure.
Fees can be paid through direct debit or at reception by laser.
Queries -If you have any queries or wish to discuss any of the above, please contact Manager. Alternatively, you could address queries to your local City/County Childcare Committee (CCC). A list of CCC contact details is available from www.myccc.ie
Qualification
Preschool Room
Level 6 in Early Childhood Care and Education
Playschool Room
Level 6 in Supervision in Childcare
Baby Room
B.A Honors Degree in Early Childhood Education and Care
Baby Room
Level 6 in Early Childhood Care and Education
Toddler Room
Level 6 in Early Childhood Care and Education
Playschool Room
B.A Honors Degree in Early Childhood Education and Care
Afterschool Room
Level 6 Childhood Care and Education
Preschool Room
B.A Honors Degree in Early Childhood Education and Care
Preschool Room
B.A in Applied Social Studies in Social Care
Afterschool Room
Level 5 Special Needs Assisting
Preschool Room
Level 5 in Early Childhood Care and Education
Toddler Room
Higher Cert in Early Education and Childcare
Afterschool Room
Level 6 in Supervision in Childcare
Playschool Room
Level 6 in Early Childhood Care and Education
Our staff have the following qualifications:
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We are actively working to implement our Quality Action Plan and we will report on progress at the end of the year to the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth and our parents.
Ballyglass Community Childcare Centre will display the end of year QAP report in an area accessible to parents/guardians as well as on any online platform maintained by the Ballyglass Community Childcare Centre for the purpose of advertising its service or providing information to parents/guardians.
This Parent Statement, which is an agreement solely between the parent/guardian and the provider, sets out what is on offer at Ballyglass Community Childcare Centre and the applicable fees. If these terms conflict with the terms of any other agreement between Ballyglass Community Childcare Centre and the parents/guardians then this takes priority, however any parts of any existing agreement that do not conflict remain in force and are not affected by this Parent Statement.
Signed on behalf of : Ballyglass Community Childcare Centre
Signed – Parent/Guardian
Date
1. Welcome to our Partner ServiceBallyglass Community Childcare Centre, Ballyglass Claremorris F12VW77, is a Partner Service, working together with the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, and parents to deliver high quality, affordable, inclusive Early Learning and Care (ELC) and/or School Age Childcare (SAC) services for children under Together for Better.
Together for Better is the new funding model for early learning and childcare that brings together three major programmes, the Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) programme - including the Access and Inclusion Model (AIM), the National Childcare Scheme (NCS) and Core Funding, with a fourth programme under development – the Equal Participation Model.
As a Partner Service, we offer subsidy schemes to parents and receive Core Funding. This Parent
Statement outlines some of the important things you can expect from us, as a Partner Service. This Parent
Statement is provided as a condition of the Core Funding Partner Service Funding Agreement, the NCS, ECCE and CCSP Saver Funding agreements and informs the agreement in place between us {input service name} and the parents/guardians that use our service. The Minister of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth is not a party to this agreement which is solely between the service and parent/guardian.
1.1 About Us
Here are some of the basic things to know about us:
A typical week for us is 08:00 to 17:30 Monday to Friday for 51 weeks per year.
At Ballyglass Community Childcare Centre we offer the following services to children and their families:
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Sessional Care for Early Learning & Care (ELC) excluding ECCE provision
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Sessional pre-school under ECCE (Free Pre-school)
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Full day care/part time care for Early Learning & Care (ELC)
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Term time School Age Childcare
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Out of term School Age Childcare
[Choose all that apply]
2. Early Childhood Care and Education Programme (ECCE), Access and Inclusion Model (AIM), National Childcare Scheme (NCS) and Community Childcare Subvention Plus (CCSP) Saver Programme.
This Childcare Service is in contract to deliver the:
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National Childcare Scheme (NCS)
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Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) programme
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Community Childcare Subvention Plus (CCSP) Saver
Programme
Early Childhood Care and Education Programme (ECCE):
ECCE provides for 15 hours per week of preschool provision over 38 weeks per year before children start primary school at no charge to parents. A child is eligible to start ECCE in the September term once they have turned 2 years and 8 months of age on or prior to 31 August that year.
If you are availing of additional childcare, the balance of the childcare fees that you have to pay are the child's fees minus the 15 hours of ECCE per week your child is eligible for. The 15 hours you are awarded is paid by the Department to Ballyglass Community Childcare Centre for your child. Any additional childcare hours you are using outside of ECCE are eligible for an NCS subsidy (see details below).
Ballyglass Community Childcare Centre must provide you with written details of how the balance of your childcare fees are calculated (that is, the fee we charge less your free 15 hours per week of preschool provision).
Manager will support you in registering your child for the ECCE programme in our service if your child meets the eligibility criteria. Further information about ECCE is available here - https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/2459ee-early-childhood-care-and-education-programme-ecce/
Please note: In the ECCE Programme you are not required or obliged to select or pay a deposit for any optional extras.
If you do avail of any optional extra, should you, at any time, wish to withdraw from any of the optional extras selected, you must provide Ballyglass Community Childcare Centre with 20 working days’ notice.
Access and Inclusion Model (AIM):
The goal of AIM is to create a more inclusive environment in pre-schools, so all children, regardless of ability, can benefit from quality early learning and care. The model achieves this by providing universal supports to pre-school settings, and targeted supports, which focus on the needs of the individual child, without requiring a diagnosis of disability.
Further information about AIM is available here - https://aim.gov.ie/
Optional:
This service also has an Inclusion Coordinator, Rachael McDonnell Cassidy who has a special qualification focused on supporting the inclusion of all children in the service.
National Childcare Scheme (NCS)
NCS provides subsidies to parents and families to offset the costs of Early Learning and Care (ELC) and/or
School Age Childcare (SAC). There are two types of subsidies available to apply for under the NCS - the Universal or Income Assessed subsidy. Both subsidies are available to families with children between 24 weeks and 15 years of age.
This service welcomes children who wish to avail of the National Childcare Scheme, including children referred under the sponsorship programme. Further information about the NCS, including how to apply for a subsidy, is available here - https://www.ncs.gov.ie/en/ or contact the NCS Parent Support Centre on 01 906 8530 (Monday to Friday from 9am to 5pm).
Your NCS award includes a unique CHICK (Childcare Identifier Code Key) and information on the maximum number of hours you can claim. To use your award, you must:
- Receive a CHICK by applying to https://www.ncs.gov.ie/en/ or contacting the NCS Parent Support Centre.
- Bring the CHICK to Ballyglass Community Childcare Centre and register your NCS subsidised hours of care. The hours that you will agree should be based on the hours you need and what [insert name of service] can offer you.
- After Ballyglass Community Childcare Centre has registered your hours, you must confirm that these details are correct. These details must be confirmed at https://www.ncs.gov.ie/en/ or in writing to National Childcare Scheme, PO Box 13105, Southside Delivery Office, Cork, depending on whether you originally applied online or by post to receive you award.
- Your NCS subsidy can only be paid once your CHICK has been registered by Ballyglass Community Childcare Centre and you have confirmed on the system that all details are correct.
Ballyglass Community Childcare Centre must provide you with details of how your co-payment amount is calculated (our fee less your NCS subsidy). We will always notify you within 20 days if and when your copayment amount changes, including details on how it has been calculated.
Community Childcare Subvention Plus (CCSP) Saver Programme
The CCSP Saver Programme is available to eligible children up to the age of 15 years, for low income families who had eligible children registered prior to the CCSP Saver Programme’s closure in November 2019. This programme is no longer available to new applicants.
The CCSP Saver Programme funds providers to charge reduced childcare costs to eligible
parent’s/guardians based on bands of subvention awarded. The CCSP Saver Programme can run for up to 52 weeks of the programme year.
The balance of childcare fees that you have to pay are the child's fees minus the subsidy you are eligible for. The subsidy you are awarded is paid by the Department to Ballyglass Community Childcare Centre for your child.
Ballyglass Community Childcare Centre must provide you with written details of how the balance of your childcare fees are calculated (our fee less your CCSP Saver Programme subsidy).
will assist you in registering your child for the CCSP Saver Programme in our service if you and your child meet the eligibility criteria. Further information about the CCSP Saver Programme is available here (CCSP Saver Programme Rules).
Calendars
Ballyglass Community Childcare Centre will provide you with a separate letter indicating the days our service is closed over the programme year. We will provide you with a minimum of 20 working days written notice period of our intention to change this.
3. Fees PoliciesAs an Approved Provider, we operate a Fees Policy that is transparent and understandable to our parents. Please do not hesitate to contact Manager who will provide additional clarification as required.
3.1 Fee Management – As a Partner Service, we operate our Fees Policy in accordance with the Core Funding Partner Service Funding Agreement, which in programme year 2023/2024 involves no increases of fees on those charged to parents on the 30th of September 2021, called a ‘fee freeze’. In order that you can understand what this fee freeze means for you, we have outlined our fees and associated fees policy below.
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a) Our service was in existence in September 2021
As a Partner Service, we are committed to operating the ‘fee freeze’ for Programme Year 2023/2024. This means that we will not charge our parents more for the same service than what we were charging in September 2021.
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b) Our service has been established since September 2021
As a Partner Service, we are committed to operating the ‘fee freeze’ for Programme Year 2023/2024. This means that we will not charge our parents more for the same service than what we were charging when we first became a Partner Service.
3.2 Donations - We will not request or accept any donations, voluntary or otherwise from parents/guardians, in respect of the ELC/SAC services being provided.
3.3 Deposits - We will not charge any non-refundable deposits[1] to parents/guardians in the respect of their ELC/SAC service where the parent/guardian takes up the service for which the deposit was paid.
3.4 Discounts – We will keep all discounts that were available on 30 September 2021 in place, provided that they are available to all children in our service. Any discount relevant to you will be applied to your normal fee before any subsidy is applied.
3.5 Optional Extras – The term ‘Optional Extra’ is only applicable to any extra services or activities we offer under the ECCE/CCSP Saver Programmes which are not funded by the Programmes but which are voluntary with optional charges to you. These optional extras are very limited in nature and there is a copy of the DCEDIY-approved optional extras list available in Appendix 1 of the ECCE programme rules, which are also available on the Early Years Hive.
3.6 Additional Service - Is when something additional to a service type/fee option is offered to parents/guardians. Take up of the additional service must be entirely optional to parents/guardians. For example a service provider may offer school collection services in addition to their SAC Service Types, or a service providing ECCE only may offer 2 weeks of camp during Easter, these would be entirely optional to parents and charged for additionally.
3.7 Fee Review Process - Core Funding is a payment to Partner Services designed to support quality, sustainability, and enhanced public management, with associated conditions in relation to fee control and cost transparency, incorporating funding for administration and to support the employment of graduate staff.
Partner Services must uphold their contractual obligations regarding their fees charged to parents/guardians as laid out in the Core Funding Partner Service Funding Agreement.
Where a parent/guardian identifies a potential breach of Core Funding fee rules by a Partner Service, they may seek to have this examined and a conclusion reached through the Core Funding Fee Review process.
A parent/guardian who has identified a change to a Partner Service’s fee policy potentially breaching the Core Funding Partner Service Funding Agreement, may address the issue in the first instance by using the Partner Service’s complaints policy. In certain cases, this step may allow for the quick resolution of the case between the Partner Service and the parent/guardian without engagement with the CCC, Pobal or the Department. This pre-fee review stage is optional and where a parent/guardian does not wish to engage with the service with their concerns or questions around Fee Management, a parent/guardian can move straight to Stage 1 and raise the case directly with the relevant CCC.
Ballyglass Community Childcare Centre will display this Parent Statement at all times in an area accessible to parents/guardians as well as on any online platform maintained by the Ballyglass Community Childcare Centre for the purpose of advertising its service or providing information to parents/guardians. Ballyglass Community Childcare Centre will print and co-sign a Parent Statement for each family. A copy signed by [Insert service name] and the parent/guardian will be retained on file. Any changes to Fee Policies will require that an updated Parent Statement is displayed and Ballyglass Community Childcare Centre will issue updated Parent Statements by email to our parents/guardians and retain proof of the associated email.
3.8 Fee Policy Fee policy is the same as the fee policy that we had in place on September 30, 2021
[1] Non-refundable deposits include administration/registration fees or other such charges.
3.9 Fee Tables
3.9.1 - Section A: Fee TablesFee Type
Name
Age Range
School
Age / Early
Years
ECCE
Available?
Session
Start
Time
Session
Finish
Time
Incorporated Services?
Choose
Incorporated
Service
Additional Information
Hrs per
Day
Days per
Week
Hrs per
Week
Full Fee
Fee
(including
ECCE – 3
Free
Hours)
Effective
From
Effective To
Half Day Care
0y 6m
- 3y
ELC
No
08:00
13:00
Yes
Meal
5
5
25
€115
€
28/08/2023
Full Day
Care
0y 6m
- 3y
ELC
No
08:00
17:30
Yes
Meal
9.5
4
38
€136
€
28/08/2023
SAC - juniors
4y - 6y
6m
SAC
No
13:50
15:00
No
Available for school term only
1.1
4
4.4
€32
€
28/08/2023
Full Day
Care
0y 6m
- 3y
ELC
No
08:00
17:30
Yes
Meal
9.5
3
28.5
€102
€
28/08/2023
25/08/2024
Full Day
Care
0y 6m
- 3y
ELC
No
08:00
17:30
Yes
Meal
9.5
1
9.5
€34
€
28/08/2023
25/08/2024
Half Day Care
0y 6m
- 3y
ELC
No
08:00
13:00
Yes
Meal
5
4
20
€92
€
28/08/2023
25/08/2024
Half Day Care
0y 6m
- 3y
ELC
No
08:00
13:00
Yes
Meal
5
3
15
€69
€
28/08/2023
25/08/2024
Half Day Care
0y 6m
- 3y
ELC
No
08:00
13:00
Yes
Meal
5
2
10
€46
€
28/08/2023
25/08/2024
Half Day Care
0y 6m
- 3y
ELC
No
08:00
13:00
Yes
Meal
5
1
5
€23
€
28/08/2023
25/08/2024
Full Day
Care
0y 6m
- 3y
ELC
No
08:00
17:30
Yes
Meal
9.5
5
47.5
€170
€
28/08/2023
25/08/2024
Half Day Care
0y 6m
- 3y
ELC
No
13:00
17:30
Yes
Meal
4.5
5
22.5
€115
€
28/08/2023
25/08/2024
Half Day Care
0y 6m
- 3y
ELC
No
13:00
17:30
Yes
Meal
4.5
4
18
€92
€
28/08/2023
25/08/2024
Half Day Care
0y 6m
- 3y
ELC
No
13:00
17:30
Yes
Meal
4.5
3
13.5
€69
€
26/08/2023
25/08/2024
Half Day Care
0y 6m
- 3y
ELC
No
13:00
17:30
Yes
Meal
4.5
2
9
€46
€
28/08/2023
26/08/2024
Half Day Care
0y 6m
- 3y
ELC
No
13:00
17:30
Yes
Meal
4.5
1
4.5
€23
€
28/08/2023
26/08/2024
Full Day
Care
3y -
12y 6m
ELC/SAC
Yes
08:00
17:30
Yes
Meal
Full day
School Age Care available only outside
9.5
5
47.5
€165
€100.5
28/08/2023
25/08/2024
of school term time,
i.e. Midterm breaks, Christmas break, Easter break and summer months.
Full Day
Care
3y -
12y 6m
ELC/SAC
Yes
08:00
17:30
Yes
Meal
Full day
School Age Care available only outside of school term time,
i.e. Midterm breaks, Christmas break, Easter break and summer months.
9.5
4
38
€132
€80.4
28/08/2023
25/08/2024
Full Day
Care
3y -
12y 6m
ELC/SAC
Yes
08:00
17:30
Yes
Meal
Full day
School Age Care available only outside of school term time,
i.e. Midterm breaks, Christmas break, Easter break and summer months.
9.5
3
28.5
€99
€60.3
28/08/2023
25/08/2024
Full Day
Care
3y -
12y 6m
ELC/SAC
Yes
08:00
17:30
Yes
Meal
Full day
School Age Care available only outside of school term time,
i.e. Midterm breaks, Christmas break,
9.5
2
19
€66
€40.2
28/08/2023
25/08/2024
Easter break and summer months.
Full Day
Care
3y -
12y 6m
ELC/SAC
Yes
08:00
17:30
Yes
Meal
Full day
School Age Care available only outside of school term time,
i.e. Midterm breaks, Christmas break, Easter break and summer months.
9.5
1
9.5
€33
€20.1
28/08/2023
25/08/2024
Half Day Care
3y -
12y 6m
ELC/SAC
Yes
08:00
13:00
Yes
Meal
Half day
School Age Care available only outside of school term time,
i.e. Midterm breaks, Christmas break, Easter break and summer months.
5
5
25
€110
€45.5
28/08/2023
25/08/2024
Half Day Care
3y -
12y 6m
ELC/SAC
No
08:00
13:00
Yes
Meal
Half day
School Age Care available only outside of school term time,
i.e. Midterm breaks, Christmas break, Easter break and summer months.
5
4
20
€88
€36.4
28/08/2023
25/08/2024
Half Day Care
3y -
12y 6m
ELC/SAC
Yes
08:00
13:00
Yes
Meal
Half day
School Age
5
3
15
€66
€27.3
28/08/2023
25/08/2024
Care available only outside of school term time,
i.e. Midterm breaks, Christmas break, Easter break and summer months.
Half Day Care
3y -
12y 6m
ELC/SAC
Yes
08:00
13:00
Yes
Meal
Half day
School Age Care available only outside of school term time,
i.e. Midterm breaks, Christmas break, Easter break and summer months.
5
2
10
€44
€18.2
28/08/2023
25/08/2024
Half Day Care
3y -
12y 6m
ELC/SAC
Yes
08:00
13:00
Yes
Meal
Half day
School Age Care available only outside of school term time,
i.e. Midterm breaks, Christmas break, Easter break and summer months.
5
1
5
€22
€9.1
28/08/2023
25/08/2024
Half Day Care
3y -
12y 6m
ELC/SAC
No
13:00
17:30
Yes
Meal
Half day
School Age Care available only outside of school term time,
i.e. Midterm
4.5
5
22.5
€110
€
28/08/2023
25/08/2024
breaks, Christmas break, Easter break and summer months.
Half Day Care
3y -
12y 6m
ELC/SAC
No
13:00
17:30
Yes
Meal
Half day
School Age Care available only outside of school term time,
i.e. Midterm breaks, Christmas break, Easter break and summer months.
4.5
4
18
€88
€
28/08/2023
25/08/2024
Half Day Care
3y -
12y 6m
ELC/SAC
No
13:00
17:30
Yes
Meal
Half day
School Age Care available only outside of school term time,
i.e. Midterm breaks, Christmas break, Easter break and summer months.
4.5
3
13.5
€66
€
28/08/2023
25/08/2024
Half Day Care
3y -
12y 6m
ELC/SAC
No
13:00
17:30
Yes
Meal
Half day
School Age Care available only outside of school term time,
i.e. Midterm breaks, Christmas break, Easter break and
4.5
2
9
€44
€
28/08/2023
25/08/2024
summer months.
Half Day Care
3y -
12y 6m
ELC/SAC
No
13:00
17:30
Yes
Meal
Half day
School Age Care available only outside of school term time,
i.e. Midterm breaks, Christmas break, Easter break and summer months.
4.5
1
4.5
€22
€
28/08/2023
25/08/2024
SAC - juniors
4y -
12y 6m
SAC
No
13:50
15:00
No
Available for school term only
1.1
2
2.2
€16
€
28/08/2023
25/08/2024
SAC - juniors
4y - 6y
6m
SAC
No
13:50
15:00
No
Available for school term only
1.1
1
1.1
€8
€
28/08/2023
25/08/2024
School Age Care
4y -
12y 6m
SAC
No
13:50
17:30
No
School term only
3.5
5
17.5
€85
€
28/08/2023
25/08/2024
School Age Care
4y -
12y 6m
SAC
No
13:50
17:30
No
School term only
3.5
4
14
€68
€
28/08/2023
25/08/2024
School Age Care
4y -
12y 6m
SAC
No
13:50
17:30
No
School term only
3.5
3
10.5
€51
€
28/08/2023
25/08/2024
School Age Care
4y -
12y 6m
SAC
No
13:50
17:30
No
School term only
3.5
2
7
€34
€
28/08/2023
25/08/2024
School Age Care
4y -
12y 6m
SAC
No
13:50
17:30
No
School term only
3.5
1
3.5
€17
€
28/08/2023
25/08/2024
School Age Care
4y -
12y 6m
SAC
No
14:50
17:30
No
School term only
2.5
2
5
€28
€
28/08/2023
25/08/2024
School Age Care
4y -
12y 6m
SAC
No
14:50
17:30
No
School term only
2.5
1
2.5
€14
€
28/08/2023
25/08/2024
School Age Care
4y -
12y 6m
SAC
No
14:50
17:30
No
School term only
2.5
4
10
€56
€
28/08/2023
25/08/2024
School Age Care
4y -
12y 6m
SAC
No
14:50
17:30
No
School term only
2.5
5
12.5
€70
€
28/08/2023
25/08/2024
Full Day
Care
0y 6m
- 3y
ELC
No
08:00
17:30
Yes
Meal
9.5
2
19
€68
€
28/08/2023
25/08/2024
SAC - juniors
4y - 6y
6m
SAC
No
13:50
15:00
No
Available for school term only
1.1
3
3.3
€24
€
28/08/2023
SAC - juniors
4y - 6y
6m
SAC
No
13:50
15:00
No
Available for school term only
1.1
5
5.5
€40
€
28/08/2023
School Age Care
4y -
12y 6m
SAC
No
14:50
17:30
No
School term only
2.5
3
7.5
€42
€
28/08/2023
Sessional
(9.15am12.15am)
2y 8m
- 5y
6m
ELC
Yes
09:15
12:15
No
This fee is pro rata for those availing of less than 5
days.ECCE term only (38 weeks)
3
5
15
€64.5
€0
28/08/2023
Breakfast
Club
(8am-
9am)
4y -
12y 6m
SAC
No
08:00
09:00
Yes
Meal
This fee is pro rata for those availing of less than 5 days.School term only
1
5
5
€40
€
28/08/2023
3.9.2 - SECTION B - FEES EXTRAS: DEPOSIT / DISCOUNT / OPTIONAL EXTRAS*2/ ADDITIONAL SERVICES
Type
Extras
Amount
Description
Additional Detail / Conditions
Effective From
Effective To
Deposit
€50
Sessional ECCE service
Returned once registered on Early Years Hive.
28/08/2023
25/08/2024
Deposit
€100
Full Day Care and Half Day Care
One months notice period must be provided for deposit to be returned.
28/08/2023
25/08/2024
Deposit
€50
School Age Care
Deposit refunded once one months notice is provided.
28/08/2023
25/08/2024
Discount
€
10% discount is applied to second siblings fee if both attending full day care for 5 days
28/08/2023
25/08/2024
Optional Extra
Food
€4
Dinner for school age care can be
provided for €4 per
day
28/08/2023
25/08/2024
Optional Extra
One Paid Preschool Trip
€15
Pre-school school tour in June
28/08/2023
25/08/2024
N/A
€1.5
€1.50 per day for bus from Belcarra National School to childcare centre
payable during absenteeism e.g. sick days
28/08/2023
25/08/2024
3.9.3 - Section C – Other Additional Information If your child does not attend due to holidays or sickness, full fees still apply.
Fees are payable on bank holidays. Fees are payable for Full Day Care, Half Day Care and School Age Care during mid-term breaks, Easter breaks and summer months even during times of absenteeism.
Fees are not payable for one week during the Christmas closure.
Fees can be paid through direct debit or at reception by laser.
Queries -If you have any queries or wish to discuss any of the above, please contact Manager. Alternatively, you could address queries to your local City/County Childcare Committee (CCC). A list of CCC contact details is available from www.myccc.ie
- Quality measures
- Our staff have the following qualifications:
Qualification
Preschool Room
Level 6 in Early Childhood Care and Education
Playschool Room
Level 6 in Supervision in Childcare
Baby Room
B.A Honors Degree in Early Childhood Education and Care
Baby Room
Level 6 in Early Childhood Care and Education
Toddler Room
Level 6 in Early Childhood Care and Education
Playschool Room
B.A Honors Degree in Early Childhood Education and Care
Afterschool Room
Level 6 Childhood Care and Education
Preschool Room
B.A Honors Degree in Early Childhood Education and Care
Preschool Room
B.A in Applied Social Studies in Social Care
Afterschool Room
Level 5 Special Needs Assisting
Preschool Room
Level 5 in Early Childhood Care and Education
Toddler Room
Higher Cert in Early Education and Childcare
Afterschool Room
Level 6 in Supervision in Childcare
Playschool Room
Level 6 in Early Childhood Care and Education
Our staff have the following qualifications:
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We are actively working to implement our Quality Action Plan and we will report on progress at the end of the year to the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth and our parents.
Ballyglass Community Childcare Centre will display the end of year QAP report in an area accessible to parents/guardians as well as on any online platform maintained by the Ballyglass Community Childcare Centre for the purpose of advertising its service or providing information to parents/guardians.
This Parent Statement, which is an agreement solely between the parent/guardian and the provider, sets out what is on offer at Ballyglass Community Childcare Centre and the applicable fees. If these terms conflict with the terms of any other agreement between Ballyglass Community Childcare Centre and the parents/guardians then this takes priority, however any parts of any existing agreement that do not conflict remain in force and are not affected by this Parent Statement.
Signed on behalf of : Ballyglass Community Childcare Centre
Signed – Parent/Guardian
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