Resources
Guidance Documents | Policies & Notices | Reports
External Resources and Useful Information
Guidance Documents | |||
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 | Guidance on vetting for students before they commence practice placements in early years services - May 2025This document sets out the vetting requirements for students before they take up a practice placement in an early years service. |  | Assessment of Disclosed Information - Garda or Overseas Police Vetting - June 2024This guidance has been developed to support managers in regulated children’s services to respond effectively to positive garda vetting and overseas police vetting disclosures. |
| Inspections of Early Learning and Care settings - Information leaflet for parents. - Nov 2023This leaflet provides information on the different types of inspections and others types of work carried out by the Department of Education (DE) and Tusla Early Years Inspectorate. |  | Guidance for the Early Learning and Care sector on sleep provision for children under 24 months - Update June 2024This guidance document sets out the revised position of Tusla’s Early Years Inspectorate on sleep provision for children under 24 months in early learning and care services. |
 | When the Roof is the Sky - Update Oct 2023This guidance document is designed to provide advice and guidance for providers who currently operate, or plan to operate an early years service.operating either fully or partially outdoors |  | Registration Renewal - Mar 2023This document supports the process of registration renewal by providing a step by step guide through the use of the Tusla portal,. |
 | Vetting requirements in Early Years Service Guidance Tools - Mar 2023A series of guidance tools designed to support providers of Early Years Services with vetting requirements |  | Inspection in Early Years Services Leaflet - June 2022This leaflet is designed to give guidance to anyone who works in an early years service about why the Tusla Early Years Inspectorate undertakes inspections, how inspections work and what the various outcomes of inspections are. |
 | A Guide to Inspection in Early Years Services - Update Mar 2024The purpose of this guide is to explain the main components of an early years service inspection to inform providers of the approach to inspections which are aimed at securing and sustaining compliance with legislation and supporting quality improvement. |  | Supporting Quality Early Years Provision Through Registration, Inspection and Enforcement - July 2021This document describes quality in early years provision and how the inspectorate supports and measures it |
 | Pedagogical principles of the Tusla Early Years Inspection process - July 2021This document describes the pedagogical principles of the early years inspectorate which are based on our experience and expert knowledge of child development, early learning and care and pedagogy. |  | EYI Technical Guidance Document- Ventilation - Oct 2021This technical guidance document provides guidance for the Inspectorate in assessing and verifying compliance with requirements to provide adequate ventilation in early years settings. |
 | A Guide to Building Safety - Fire and Planning Requirements - July 2022A guidance document designed to assist existing providers and new applicants to address fire and planning safety requirements | ||
Policies & Notices | |||
 | Reasonable Adjustment Policy – Dec 2024Our Reasonable Adjustment Policy ensures individuals with disabilities or additional needs can fully participate in Children’s Services Regulation (CSR) processes. Requests are assessed case-by-case to promote inclusion and equal access. |  | New Applications and Change in Circumstances – Timeframes for 2024 - April 2024 |
 | Certificates of Registration | Dheimhniú Clárúcháin - Sept 2022From September 2022 the Early Years Inspectorate will issue certificates of registration to services where required registration criteria are met. More information can be found in this document. | ||
Reports | |||
 | Escalation and Enforcement Review 2023The Early Years Inspectorate has published a report of escalation and enforcement activity undertaken in 2023 Executive Summary |  | Early Years Inspectorate Escalation and Enforcement Yearly Review 2022The Early Years Inspectorate has published a report of escalation and enforcement activity undertaken in 2022 Executive Summary |
 | Key Findings arising from early years inspection reports - November 2022Executive Summary |  | Response of the early years sector to the Covid-19 pandemic - November 2022Executive Summary |
 | Response of the Early Years Inspectorate to the Covid-19 pandemicExecutive Summary | ||
 | Early Years Inspectorate Escalation and Enforcement Yearly Review 2021The Early Years Inspectorate has published a report of escalation and enforcement activity undertaken in 2021 Executive Summary |  | Tusla Early Years Inspections - Parents Consultation February 2021Tusla Early Years Inspectorate undertook a consultation which sought parents’ views about inspections of Early Years Services, and the best way to include these views in the inspection process. Summary Report of Tusla Early Years Inspections: Parents Consultation | Irish Version Tusla Early Years Inspections-Parents Consultation | Irish Version |
 | Early Years Inspection Reports 2018-2019, Analysis and Trends FebruaryA report on inspection findings which identifies those regulations that providers ar most compliant and non-compliant with and the proportion of services that come into compliance during the regulatory process. Summary Report of Early Years Inspection Reports 2018–2019: Analysis and Trends | Irish Version Report of Early Years Inspection Reports 2018–2019: Analysis and Trends | Irish Version |  | The Early Years Regulatory Enforcement Process February 2021 – OutcomesA review of our regulatory enforcement processes. Irish Version Summary Report of the Early Years Regulatory Enforcement Process: Outcomes | Irish Version |
 | Tusla EYI Childminders International Review - Sept 2020In 2020 the Early Years Inspectorate undertook a review of the registration, regulation, inspection, and enforcement of the childminding sector in six international jurisdictions. The findings from the review identified that there are a range of approaches to the regulation of childminding. |  | Child and Family Agency Children’s Services Regulation Report 2019 |
Tusla - Child and Family Agency Children's Services Regulation Annual Report 2018 | Annual Report 2017 of Tusla - Child and Family Agency's Early Years Inspectorate | ||
Annual Report 2016 of Tusla - Child and Family Agency's Early Years Inspectorate | Annual Report 2015 of Tusla - Child and Family Agency's Early Years Inspectorate | ||
 | Report on the Process of Pre-School Inspection Practices as documented in inspection reports - Sept 2014 |  | Report on the Quality of Pre-school Inspection Practices as documented in inspection reports - Sept 2014 |
External Resources and Useful Information | |||
 | Critical Incidents in Early Years ServicesAll Early Learning and Care (ELC) and School Age Childcare (SAC) services are required to have a service level Critical Incident Plan A Guide has been developed by Barnardo’s to support ELC and SAC services to think about and plan for critical incidents and to have practical supports in place should it be necessary to respond to a critical incident – March 2024 |  | 2024 SunSmart CampaignThe annual SunSmart campaign is run by the HSE’s National Cancer Control Programme (NCCP), in collaboration with Healthy Ireland and cross-sectoral partners. We are working together to support people to reduce their risk of skin cancer by protecting their skin from the sun. The aim of the campaign is to reduce your risk of skin cancer by increasing awareness and engagement with the steps you, your family, friends and colleagues can take to protect your skin from the sun and not using sunbeds. Further information is on www.hse.ie/sunsmart - March 2024 |
