asked the Minister for Health in relation to day care (a) the amount of public money spent on day care for children in 1986 (b) the number of centres open for more than seven hours which are in receipt of State grants by community care area (c) the number of playgroups in receipt of grants from health boards (d) the number of children in receipt of State aid (i) full time and (ii) part day care.
Written Answers. - Child Day Care Centres.
59.
My Department have not yet received from health boards complete details of day care centres which received assistance in 1986. I am circulating a tabular statement which gives details of the number of day care centres which received financial assistance from health boards in 1985 together with details of the amount of grants paid and the number of children involved. In collecting statistics my Department do not distinguish between different types of day care services. Most of the centres look after children on a part day basis, i.e. two to three hours duration, although there is a small number providing full day care.
Day Care Centres Supported by Health Boards in 1985
|
Health Board |
Community Care Area |
No. of Centres |
No. of Children Attending |
Amount of Grant |
|
£ |
||||
|
Eastern |
Area 1 (Dún Laoghaire) |
4 |
155 |
52,000 |
|
Area 2 (Dublin South East) |
1 |
20 |
20,000 |
|
|
Area 3 (Dublin South Central) |
5 |
184 |
78,500 |
|
|
Area 4 (Dublin South West) |
3 |
96 |
40,070 |
|
|
Area 5 (Dublin West) |
7 |
331 |
93,536 |
|
|
Area 6 (Dublin North West) |
4 |
140 |
88,470 |
|
|
Area 7 (Dublin North Central) |
4 |
205 |
93,850 |
|
|
Area 8 (Dublin North) |
9 |
360 |
179,682 |
|
|
Area 9 (Kildare) |
2 |
50 |
2,200 |
|
|
Area 10 (Wicklow) |
2 |
67 |
40,000 |
|
|
Midland |
Laois/Offaly |
3 |
66 |
23,500 |
|
Longford/Westmeath |
6 |
168 |
34,018 |
|
|
Mid-Western |
Clare |
26 |
332 |
13,500 |
|
Tipperary (N.R.) |
11 |
177 |
13,328 |
|
|
Limerick |
9 |
302 |
32,511 |
|
|
North-Eastern |
Louth |
2 |
30 |
17,500 |
|
Cavan/Monaghan |
2 |
90 |
17,500 |
|
|
Meath |
1 |
38 |
2,000 |
|
|
North-Western |
Sligo/Leitrim |
9 |
134 |
84,330 |
|
Donegal |
4 |
74 |
3,420 |
|
|
South-Eastern |
Tipperary (S.R.) |
8 |
226 |
8,500 |
|
Waterford |
17 |
638 |
24,970 |
|
|
Wexford |
14 |
265 |
29,000 |
|
|
Carlow/Kilkenny |
9 |
163 |
24,950 |
|
|
Southern |
Cork (North Lee) |
626 |
626 |
126,030 |
|
Cork (South Lee) |
17 |
409 |
54,600 |
|
|
North Cork |
6 |
107 |
2,370 |
|
|
Kerry |
9 |
165 |
16,300 |
|
|
West Cork |
11 |
158 |
11,280 |
|
|
Western |
Galway |
23 |
473 |
67,351 |
|
Mayo |
21 |
301 |
10,824.50 |
|
|
Roscommon |
8 |
131 |
14,401.80 |
|
|
Totals |
32 |
283 |
6,681 |
1,320,492.30 |