Dear Service Provider,
As we head into the new school year, please remember to undertake the following tasks for NCS:
🔹Update your NCS service calendar to reflect any changes to your opening hours.
🔹Update your NCS service calendar with all planned closures, noting that all service providers have 10 allowable subsidised closures per programme year.
🔹If you have previously ended claims ahead of an extended closure, please ensure to link in with parents/guardians and submit new claims to continue to receive funding, if necessary.
🔵 All claims must be confirmed by the parents/guardians to release funding.
🔹Please adhere to the NCS programme rules when submitting claims. Below is a reminder of some of the rules;
🔹School-age childcare provided after 7pm on a working day (Monday to Friday) or at any time during the weekend (Saturday and Sunday) is not eligible for NCS subsidies.
🔹NCS subsidies cannot be claimed for hours that a child is in ECCE/school, or hours that your service is closed. Any over-claimed hours are liable to be recouped.
For further information on service calendars, please click here 👇
https://earlyyearshive.ncs.gov.ie/…/service-calendar/
And for information on registering a child, please see the guidance available on the Early Years Hive here 👇
https://earlyyearshive.ncs.gov.ie/…/registrations-ncs/
🔵 Transport time:
If your service provides transport to and/or from your service and the children are in your care during this time – transport time can be included on your NCS claim however, the claimed hours cannot exceed the opening hours of the service.
Regards,
The Early Years Team
