In order to register a child for the Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) programme, the parent/guardian must supply their chosen childcare service provider with the child's PPS number.
The PPS number is then checked by Pobal, who administer ECCE on behalf of my Department, via the Department of Social Protection and Employment Affairs database on the Programme Implementation Platform (PIP) to ensure that the PPS number supplied is valid and matches the child's details as supplied, and that the child is in the eligible age bracket to register for ECCE. If this PPS number check fails, the registration is returned to the service provider who informs the parent/guardian. Pobal does not investigate further.
This process must be completed for every registration made on the PIP system by childcare providers.
All figures are taken from the PIP CRM and are correct as at the 11th of March 2019.
Total Registrations ECCE 2014
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-
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-
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-
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-
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71,683.00
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Programme Call
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Approved
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Declined
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Deferred
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Provisional
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Grand Total
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ECCE 2014
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68,333.00
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3,307.00
|
41.00
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2.00
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71,683.00
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Total Registrations ECCE 2015/2016
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|
|
|
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81,251.00
|
Programme Call
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Approved
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Declined
|
Deferred
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Provisional
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Grand Total
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ECCE 2015
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77,449.00
|
3,797.00
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-
|
5.00
|
81,251.00
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Total Registrations ECCE 2016/2017
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|
|
|
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132,935.00
|
Programme Call
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Approved
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Declined
|
Deferred
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Provisional
|
Grand Total
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ECCE 2016
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128,497.00
|
4,432.00
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-
|
6.00
|
132,935.00
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Total Registrations ECCE 2017/2018
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|
|
|
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132,153.00
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Programme Call
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Approved
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Declined
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Deferred
|
Provisional
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Grand Total
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ECCE 2017
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126,470.00
|
5,652.00
|
-
|
31.00
|
132,153.00
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Total Registrations ECCE 2018/2019
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|
|
|
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117,121.00
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Programme Call
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Approved
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Declined
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Deferred
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Provisional
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Grand Total
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ECCE 2018
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113,662.00
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3,415.00
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-
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44.00
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117,121.00
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