Early Childhood Care Education

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 24 June 2014

Tuesday, 24 June 2014

Questions (704)

Róisín Shortall

Question:

704. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of early child care providers that have closed due to financial constraints in each of the past five years and to date in 2014; the number of child care places this represents; and if he will provide a tabular breakdown of these details by area and date of closure. [27300/14]

Written answers

Minister for Children and Youth Affairs

The information requested by the Deputy is not routinely collected by my Department. However, Pobal administers the Childcare Capital Programmes and the Community Childcare Subvention Programme on behalf of the Department that requires them to collect certain financial data from participating service providers. This data does not relate to all childcare service providers.

According to the information provided by Pobal, of the childcare services about which they collect data, a total of 165 services were reported to them as having closed during the period 2009 to date. 16 of the services who provided a reason for closure cited financial reasons. Details of the closed services are attached. I would like to advise the Deputy that more than 4,200 childcare providers participated in the Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) programme during the pre-school year 2013/2014. More than 220 new providers have applied to participate in the programme from September 2014.

DCYA Ref No.	Pobal App ID/ URN	Facility Name	Facility Address	County	Comm or Priv	Date of Closure	Reason	Actual Overall Places Lost
10DS0272	507665G	BARNARDOS MACULLIAM	BARNARDOS, 30 Maculliam Crescent, Fortunestown, Dublin 24	Dublin South	Comm	Aug-10	Financial Issues	14
10DS0285	507665G	Deerpark Child and Family Centre	Barnardo's Child and Family Services, Millbrook Lawns Health Centre, Tallaght, Dublin 24	Dublin South	Comm	Jun-11	Financial Issues	12
10FL0369	2801A	Busy Lizzies	5 Castle Lawns, Malahide, Co. Dublin	Fingal	Priv	2012	Financial Issues	10
-	2349a	The Toddle Inn at Hurley Burly	Unit 6, North Park Business Park, Finglas, Dublin 11	Dublin County Borough	Priv	Dec-10	Financial Issues	20
-	564A	Cork Steiner Waldorf Kindergarten / NCIP Cork Steiner Kindergarten	1 Glentrasna Ave, Glentrasna Drive, The Glen, Cork	Cork City	Comm	Jun-11	Financial Issues	12
-	858A	Carlow VEC Childcare Centre	Athy Road, Carlow	Carlow	Comm	May-12	Financial Issues	42
09DY0123		Kilmacow Community Pre-School Active Learning Ltd	Scoil Colmcille, National School Newbrook Road, Donaghmede, Dublin 5	Dublin City	Priv	Jun-11	Financial Issues
10FL0366	181678F/ 813355V	Blanchardstown Youth Reach	County Dublin VEC, The Brace Centre, Main Street, Blanchardstown Dublin 15	Fingal	Comm	Nov-11	Financial Issues	7
09FL0041	785350K	Lá Go Bhrí	41 Mourne View, Skerries, Co. Dublin	Fingal	Comm	Nov-11	Financial Issues	14
09LK0124	243444T	Shanagolden Education Resource Centre Creche	Shanagolden Education Resource Centre Creche, Shanagolden, Co. Limerick	Limerick County	Comm	Dec-11	Financial Issues	38
09DS0077		Humpty Dumpty Junior Learning Centre Ltd		Dublin South	Priv	Jun-12	Financial Issues
-	1303A	County Dublin VEC / Dundrum	County Dublin V.E.C., 1 Tuansgate, Belgard Square East, Tallaght, Dublin 24	Dun Laoghaire/Rathdown	Comm	Jul-12	Financial Issues	17
-	1967A	Open Heart House / NCIP Open Heart House	2 St. Mary's Place, Dublin 7	Dublin County Borough	Comm	Apr-09	Financial Issues	6
-	360	Little Friars Preschool	6 Maglin Grove, Deanrock Estate, Togher, Cork City	Cork City	Comm	Jun-12	Financial Issues	30
-	1778a	Shel-Bar Ltd. / NCIP Shel-bar	Carrig-on-Bannow, Co. Wexford	Wexford	Comm	Mar-11	Financial Issues	80
-	556A	Community Womens Education Initiative / NCIP Community Women's Education Initiatives Ltd.	19 Lower John Street, Cork	Cork City	Comm	Sep-09	Financial Issues	18
-							Total	320