Anne Rabbitte
Question:656. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of households that are currently part of band A, band AJ and band B of the community childcare subvention scheme. [39457/17]
View answerWednesday, 20 September 2017
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The detailed information sought by the Deputy is not currently available as registration of children for the Community Childcare Subvention (CCS) programme only began on September 18th and will continue until the 13th of October 2017. Community Childcare Subvention Plus (CCSP) child registrations commenced in late August and are continuing. In the 2017/18 programme year the bands and eligibility have changed with children who would have qualified for band B in 2016-17 now being spilt between band B and a new band, band D.
While the number of households is not readily available, the below figures refer to the number of unique children who availed of CCS and CCSP under band A, band AJ and band B in the 2016/17 programme year:
|
Band |
|
|
Band A |
14,121 |
|
Band AJ |
4,459 |
|
Band B |
8,452 |
In addition, a new universal subsidy is available for all children aged between 6 months and 3 years of age (or until they qualify for ECCE if later than 36 months) in registered childcare. This amounts to as much as €20 a week or €1,040 per year for children in full time childcare. An estimated 33,000 children may avail of the universal element of the CCS scheme.