Richard Bruton
Question:1338. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of childcare providers that stopped receiving Core Funding in 2023. [56702/23]
View answerWednesday, 17 January 2024
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Core Funding is in operation since 15 September 2022 and has achieved very significant success in terms of the high levels of participation. With 95% participation of eligible services in year 1 and to date, 94% or over 4,300 providers have signed up for Core Funding Year 2, with applications still open. There are officially more services contracted for Core Funding year 2 than there were at the peak of Core Funding year 1.
According to data provided by Pobal, the scheme administrator, the number of providers that stopped receiving Core Funding in 2023 is 43. This is due to a variety of reasons, such as; service closed, application incomplete and/or change of circumstance.