Collaborations
Childminding Ireland actively contributes to the following groups:

- Supports and Reforms for the Childminding Sector – Working Group
- Early Years Forum
- National Early Years Children First Committee Meeting
- Early Years Advisory Group – Children’s Rights Alliance
- National Voluntary Childcare Collaborative
- Communications Consultative Group – Affordable Childcare Scheme
- Affordable Childcare Scheme – Business Systems Consultative Group
- Childminding Ireland is involved in Research & Development as well as with the development of childminding courses in conjunction with the following organisations:
– Pre Hospital Emergency Care Council (PHECC)
– Cork Institute of Technology
– Dublin Institute of Technology - Childminding Organisations Abroad – We continue to build relationships with Childminding organisations or with organisations who have an
interest in Childminding which are based outside Ireland, including;
– England and Wales- PACEY (Professional Association for Childcare and Early Years)
– Northern Ireland- NICMA (Northern Ireland Childminding Association)
– Scotland- SCMA (Scottish Childminding Association)