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Developing Policies, Procedures and Statements in Early Childhood Education and Care ServicesA Practical GuideCopyright Tusla Child and Family Agency, 2018This publication should be cited as: Tusla (2018) Developing Policies, Procedures and Statements in Early Childhood Education and Care services : A Practical Guide , Dublin: Early Years Inspectorate, 1ContentsForeword vAbout this Guide viiSection 1: Your responsibilities under the law and the regulations 1Policies, procedures and statements required by regulation 2Other legislative and regulatory requirements 4Section 2: The importance of policies, procedures and statements for quality practice 7Developing child-centred policies, procedures and statements 8Why policies, procedures a

Part 12 of the Child and Family Agency Act, 2013 defines an early years service as a service providing a pre-school service, or a school-age service. A pre-school service, according to the Act, means any pre-school, play group, day nursery, crèche, day-care or other similar service which caters for pre-school children.

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