Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 12 April 2017
364. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the annual budgetary allocation of her Department to the various elements of the DEIS programme each year since 2006 in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18517/17]
View answerResponsibility for the National Educational Welfare Board which included the School Completion Programme was transferred to my Department on its establishment in 2011. Upon the establishment of Tusla, the Child and Family Agency on January 1 2014, operational responsibility for the School Completion Programme was transferred to the Agency.
With regard to the DEIS programme the only budgetary element that falls under my Department is the School Completion Programme.
|
School Year |
SCP Funding |
|
2011-2012 |
€28.256m |
|
2012-2013 |
€26.456m |
|
2013-2014 |
€24.756m |
|
2014-2015 |
€24.756m |
|
2015-2016 |
€24.756m |
|
2016-2017 |
€24.756m |
Funding information in relation to the School Completion Programme prior to the establishment of my Department is not readily available.
