Under the Child Care Act 1991 (Early Years Services) Regulations 2016, a new regulatory requirement will come into force from June 1st, 2020. From this date under Regulation 25, there must be a person(s) who has trained in FAR (First Aid Response) with a trainer approved by the Pre- Hospital Emergency Care Council (PHECC) immediately available to children attending the childcare service.
Quarter 1 | Quarter 2 | Quarter 3 | Quarter 4 | |
Application closing date (for payment in that quarter) | 14th June 2019 | 13th September 2019 | 19th November 2019 | 13th March 2020 |
Payment dates | 28th June 2019 | 27th September 2019 | 13th December 2019 | 27th March 2020 |
To apply for the FAR Reimbursement fund, a registered service/ registered childminder must:
If you have any queries or require further information in relation to this please do not hesitate to contact us on 040464455 or email info@wccc.ie or you can contact the Early Years Inspectorate at eyiit@tusla.ie
IMPORTANT: WCCC does not offer First Aid training directly and cannot hold responsibility for the quality or certification of courses run by other organisations. This page is provided for information purposes only.
Brian Higgins | Bryan Higgins First Aid Services | 087 9489709 | bryanhiggins5@gmail.com |
Maighread Lynch | First Aid 4 All | 086-8568315 | radie.firstaid@gmail.com |
Ciara Dowling | Early Years First Aid | 059-9162924 / 085-8393441 | ciara.dowling2@yahoo.co.uk |
Leonard Doyle | Health and Safety Training Ireland | 089-4128681 | leonardhsti@gmail.com |
Mary Byrne | Canavan & Byrne | 01-6235908 | info@canavanbyrne.ie |
Aidan Grace | First Aid Coaching | 087-9723753 / 021-2398647 | firstaid@firstaidcoaching.ie |
Thomas Dunleavy | Responsive Training | 087-6300544 | thomas@responsivetraining.ie |
Colum Mc Carthy | Platinum Safety | 087 648 7556 | jane@platinumsafety.ie |
Patrick Flood | Optima Training | 061-514744 | info@optimatraining.ie |
David Gahan | Focus Training Ireland | 089-4009937 | dgahan@focustrainingireland.com |