Kathleen Funchion
Question:838. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children that availed of centre based child care, both community and private, in 2016. [12150/17]
View answerTuesday, 7 March 2017
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Childcare registrations are recorded in line with the academic school year (September to June) and it is therefore not possible to provide the requested details according to the calendar year. Details of registrations, outlined in the following table, are provided for the academic years 2015/2016 and from September 2016 to date.
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No. of Unique* Approved Registered Children |
No. of Unique* Approved Registered Children |
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Organisation Type |
2015/2016 (Sep 2015-June 2016) |
2016/2017 (Sep 2016 to date) |
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Community/Voluntary Organisation |
43,764 |
46,435 |
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Private Enterprise |
60,656 |
88,308 |
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Grand Total |
104,420 |
134,743 |
*These figures include approved registered children attending a service at any stage during the academic years 2015/16 and 2016/17 (to date) under any of the current DCYA funded approved childcare programmes. Where a child attended more than one service or under more than one Programme during these periods they are only included once.