Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 22 September 2015
688. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the annual cost to his Department in funding community and commercial childcare services in counties Louth and Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30657/15]
View answerFunding of more than a quarter of a billion euro is invested annually by my Department in childcare services with the greater proportion of this funding going to support three national childcare support programmes – the Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) programme, the Community Childcare Subvention (CCS) programme, and the Training and Employment Childcare (TEC) programmes (i.e. the Childcare Education and Training Support (CETS) programme, the After-School Childcare (ASCC) programme and the Community Employment Childcare (CEC) programme). Funding to childcare services is also made available through the annual Early Years Capital Programme.
The following table gives the information requested by the Deputy in relation to funding allocated to childcare services in Louth and Meath for 2014/15 under these childcare support programmes.
|
- |
Louth |
Louth |
Meath |
Meath |
|
- |
Community |
Private |
Community |
Private |
|
Childcare Education and Training Support Programme |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
2014/2015 |
€65,183 |
€148,396 |
€57,142 |
€226,030 |
|
Community Childcare Subvention Programme* |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
2014/2015 |
€1,054,020 |
- |
€715,082 |
- |
|
After School Childcare Programme |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
2014/2015 |
€7,640 |
€38,912 |
€6,163 |
€54,176 |
|
Community Employment Childcare Preschool Programme |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
2014/2015 |
€109,120 |
€120,608 |
€44,631 |
€33,775 |
|
Community Employment After School Programme |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
2014/2015 |
€19,465 |
€17,138 |
€11,759 |
€18,168 |
Early Childhood Care and Education Programme
|
Date |
Louth |
Meath |
|
2014/2015 |
Community + Private €4,460,218 |
Community + Private €8,194,341 |
Capital Funding
|
- |
Louth |
Louth |
Meath |
Meath |
|
2015 Early Years - Capital Funding |
Community |
Private |
Community |
Private |
|
€96,554 |
€21,046 |
€60,520 |
€63,346 |
* The Community Childcare Subvention Programme is currently provided through community childcare services only.
