Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 2 May 2017
1432. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the budget allocation to educational welfare services in her Department in each of the years 2012 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and the detail of the budget by constituent programme, such as school completion and the home school community liaison scheme. [19522/17]
View answerThe information requested by the Deputy in relation to the Education Welfare Services (EWS) and the School Completion Programme (SCP) is in the below table.
|
Year |
EWS Funding |
SCP Funding |
|
2012 |
€9,622,000 |
€26,456,000 |
|
2013 |
€8,753,000 |
€24,756,000 |
|
2014 |
€8,318,000 |
€24,756,000 |
|
2015 |
€7,333,283 |
€24,756,000 |
|
2016 |
€7,437,384 |
€24,756,000 |
|
2017 |
€7,113,235 |
€24,756,000 |
The Department of Education and Skills is responsible for staffing and budgetary allocations under the Home School Community Liaison scheme.
