Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 15 April 2014
557. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the full extent of allocations for youth services in 2013 paid out in County Longford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17996/14]
View answerMy Department administers a range of funding schemes and programmes to support the provision of youth services to young people throughout the country including those from disadvantaged communities. These schemes include the Youth Service Grant Scheme under which funding is provided to support 31 national and major regional youth organisations. 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, Local Drugs Task Force Projects and certain other programmes including the Local Youth Club Grant Scheme and Youth Information Centres. In 2014, current funding of €49.78m has been provided to my Department for these schemes.
Longford/Westmeath Education and Training Board (ETB) is one of a number of bodies (in the main these are the ETBs) that administer funding on behalf of my Department. In 2013, funding of €77,559 was provided to the ETB for the Co. Longford Youth Services Project under the Special Projects for Youth Scheme. In addition, funding of €12,600 was made available to Longford Youth Services from Involve, formerly the National Association of Travellers’ Centres.
Under the Local Youth Club Grant Scheme small grants are made available to youth clubs to support local level activities. In 2013, funding of €8,733 was made available for the support of local youth clubs in Co. Longford.
