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Childminders

National Childminding Initiative and Guidelines

The National Childminding Initiative provides supports for = childminders and=20 for people interested in becoming childminders. It is administered = locally=20 by the City and County Childcare Committees (CCCs). A first step to = becoming a childminder would be to contact your local City and = County=20 Childcare Committee to avail of their Quality Awareness Lecture=20 Programme. On completion of this programme, childminders may avail = of a=20 capital grant of up to =801,000 under the Childminder Development Grant=20 Scheme. This can be used to buy safety equipment, toys or to make = minor=20 adjustments to the childminder's home to enhance or establish the = childminding=20 service.

The National Guidelines for Childminders, recently launched by the = Office of=20 the Minister for Children, will assist childminders by providing = guidance=20 for good practice in the area. They contain details on:

=95 nationally agreed guidelines for good childminding=20 practice;
=95 detailed information on Statutory Notification to = the Health=20 Service Executive (HSE) and Voluntary Notification;
=95 services = provided=20 to childminders by the City/County Childcare Committees, the Childminder = Advisory Officers and Childminding Ireland;
=95 contact = details of=20 relevant organisations, including addresses and telephone=20 numbers.

Download a copy of the National Guidelines for Childminders - Revised = August=20 2008

English=20 version Irish=20 version

Childcare Services Relief (Childminders' tax exemption)

Childminders taking care of 3 or fewer children under the age of 18 = may be=20 entitled to avail of the Childcare Services Relief from the Revenue=20 Commissioners, provided their annual childminding income comes to no = more than=20 =8015,000.

To apply for the Childcare Services Relief, childminders are obliged = to make=20 an annual tax return of their childminding income to the Revenue = Commissioners=20 and must also provide evidence that they have notified their local City = or=20 County Childcare Committee through the Childminder Advisory = Officer that=20 they are providing a childminding service.

Further details are available in the National Guidelines for=20 Childminders.