Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 6 February 2014
176. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the per capita spending by her Department for youth services in each county in 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5913/14]
View answerThe Youth Affairs Unit of my Department administers a range of funding schemes, programmes and supports to the youth sector. In 2013, funding of €51.748m was provided to support the provision of youth services and programmes to young people throughout the country including those from disadvantaged communities. This includes €1.035m for the Local Youth Club Grant Scheme, under which 1,600 local youth clubs and 10,000 participants benefit each year. This funding is allocated by my Department to the Education and Training Boards (ETBs) on the basis of youth population numbers.
Targeted supports for disadvantaged, marginalised and at risk young people are provided through the Special Projects for Youth Scheme, the Young Peoples Facilities and Services Fund Rounds 1 and 2 and Local Drugs Task Force Projects. These funding schemes support national and local youth work projects and services provided by the voluntary youth work sector. It is estimated some 400,000 young people participate in the programmes and services which are provided by approximately 1,400 paid staff and 40,000 volunteers working in youth work services and communities throughout the country.
The funding for local youth projects and services throughout the country is administered on behalf of my Department, in the main, by the ETBs. A small number of other organisations also hold funding administration status.
A breakdown of the per capita spend per county is not readily available in my Department but details of the 2013 allocations to each funding administering body for local youth projects in their respective areas is set out as follows:
|
Administering Body |
2013 Allocation |
|
City of Dublin ETB |
11,201,411 |
|
County Dublin and Dún Laoghaire ETB |
6,659,045 |
|
City and County Cork ETB |
2,573,257 |
|
City of Limerick and County Limerick and Clare ETB |
1,564,216 |
|
Waterford and Wexford ETB |
966,930 |
|
Co. Wicklow and Kildare ETB |
912,613 |
|
Co. Kerry ETB |
180,150 |
|
Co. Tipperary ETB |
167,591 |
|
Co. Donegal ETB |
353,463 |
|
Co. Longford and Westmeath ETB |
212,856 |
|
Co. Louth and Meath ETB |
50,995 |
|
Co. Cavan and Monaghan ETB |
9,926 |
|
Co. Carlow and Kilkenny ETB |
271,919 |
|
Co. Mayo, Sligo and Leitrim ETB |
28,497 |
|
City and County Galway and Roscommon ETB |
1,175,492 |
|
Dublin City Council |
1,729,198 |
|
Dun Laoghaire/Rathdown County Council |
387,083 |
|
Offaly County Council |
43,894 |
|
Udarás na Gaeltachta |
55,643 |
|
HSE – Sligo/Leitrim |
44,812 |
|
HSE South, Waterford |
1,029,491 |
|
FAI |
349,243 |
|
An Síol Community Development Project, Dublin |
47,124 |
|
ISPCC |
45,441 |
|
Limerick GAA |
45,441 |
|
Munster Rugby |
45,441 |
|
Athlone Town Council |
1,683 |
The following allocations were provided in respect of local projects throughout the country which are under the auspices of certain national youth organisations.
|
Youth Work Ireland |
4,685,557 |
|
Crosscare (formerly Catholic Youth Care) |
73,123 |
|
Involve (formerly National Association of Travellers Centres) |
361,627 |
|
Foróige |
45,441 |
|
ECO-UNESCO |
68,162 |
|
YMCA |
45,441 |
In addition, capital funding of €1.5m was provided in 2013 for the start-up of new Youth Cafés and thirty applications for Youth Cafés have been approved in locations throughout the country. Details of the successful proposals are available on my Department's website - www.dcya.gov.ie.
The notification of the 2014 allocations for local projects and services are being issued to the grant administering bodies by the Youth Affairs Unit of my Department this week.
