Young People’s Facilities and Services Fund

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 14 January 2015

Wednesday, 14 January 2015

Questions (489)

Robert Troy

Question:

489. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when he will advise Cabra for Youth (details supplied) of its 2015 funding allocation [49510/14]

Written answers

Minister for Children and Youth Affairs

My 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. The schemes include the Youth Service Grant Scheme under which funding is made available on an annual basis to 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. The funding schemes support national and local youth work provision to some 380,000 young people and involve approximately, 1,400 youth work staff in 477 projects and 40,000 volunteers working in youth work services and communities throughout the country.

Cabra for Youth receives funding from my Department under the Young People’s Facilities and Services Fund. In 2014 the service received an allocation of €205,362.

My Department is now in a position to confirm that overall funding of €49.93m is being made available to support the provision of youth services in 2015. The funding allocations for 2015 envisage no change over the 2014 allocations provided in respect of each of the following youth funding schemes: Youth Service Grant Scheme; Special Projects for Youth; Young People’s Facilities and Services Fund; Youth Information Centres, and Local Drugs Task Force projects.

My Department has commenced work on the detailed 2015 allocations for local projects and every effort will be made to notify youth organisations and youth projects, including Cabra for Youth, of their 2015 allocations as soon as possible.