Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 25 June 2015
152. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the role the child care committees carry out nationally; the number that exist; the number of persons employed; the amount of money that is allocated to cover wages and salaries. [25656/15]
View answerThere are 31 City and County Childcare Committees (CCCs) presently established to advance the provision of childcare facilities in their local areas. The Committees comprise local representatives from the statutory, community and voluntary sectors, childcare providers and parents.
The CCCs offer a wide variety of services locally including: advice on setting up a childcare business; childcare information sessions; training courses for those considering a career in childcare; and advice and support on applying for childcare programmes. CCCs also offer services to parents, such as providing information on local childcare facilities and information on parent networks.
The role of the CCCs was expanded under the National Childcare Investment Programme to enable greater flexibility and responsiveness to local needs, and they had a key role in the development of local childcare infrastructure, quality standards and training and information. More recently, CCCs have been increasingly dedicated to locally managing administrative processes associated with the national childcare support programmes (the Community Childcare Subvention programme, the Early Childhood Care and Education programme and the Training and Employment Childcare programmes). They also provide advice and support regarding the performance and sustainability of childcare services in their respective areas.
The table following shows the number of staff employed in each City/County Childcare Committee area and total annual salary cost incurred.
|
City/County Childcare Committee |
No. of Staff |
Total Salary cost |
|
Carlow CCC |
4 |
187435 |
|
Cavan CCC |
4 |
177027 |
|
Clare CCC |
4 |
262640 |
|
Cork City |
4.5 |
192210 |
|
Cork County |
7.5 |
356600 |
|
Donegal |
6 |
252202 |
|
Dublin City Childcare |
5.5 |
311431 |
|
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown |
5.5 |
292255 |
|
Fingal CCC |
8.5 |
339717 |
|
Galway CCC |
5.5 |
352796 |
|
Kerry CCC |
5 |
285303 |
|
Kildare CCC |
6.5 |
302314 |
|
Kilkenny CCC |
4 |
196124 |
|
Laois CCC |
3 |
126099 |
|
Leitrim CCC |
4.5 |
174372 |
|
Limerick City & Co. |
6 |
318088 |
|
Longford CCC |
3 |
173961 |
|
Louth CCC |
3.5 |
222250 |
|
Mayo CCC |
5 |
254226 |
|
Meath CCC |
4 |
275043 |
|
Monaghan CCC |
3.5 |
194998 |
|
North Tipperary |
3 |
192360 |
|
Offaly CCC |
4 |
181669 |
|
Roscommon CCC |
3.5 |
189412 |
|
Sligo CCC |
3 |
197852 |
|
South Dublin |
7 |
379024 |
|
South Tipperary |
3 |
196304 |
|
Waterford City & Co. |
6 |
400851 |
|
Westmeath CCC |
4 |
193950 |
|
Wexford |
5.5 |
275066 |
|
Wicklow CCC |
5.5 |
234065 |
|
Total |
147.5 |
7687644 |
