Anne Rabbitte
Question:1184. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children on a waiting list for an ECCE place by county. [13272/19]
View answerTuesday, 26 March 2019
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My Department records the breakdown of childcare waiting lists by age cohort rather than by programme. In 2017/18, services reported a total of 173,197 children enrolled in early years services and 9,420 vacant places across Ireland. The table below presents the number of children enrolled and on a waiting list that are approximately within the ECCE eligible age range, as well as the number of vacant places by age cohort. Pre-school children (those aged 3+ to 5 years) represent the largest cohort of children attending childcare services, accounting for 59% of all children enrolled.
|
Age range |
Enrolled |
Vacant places |
Waiting list |
|
2 years+ to 3 years |
18,049 |
1,232 |
2,977 |
|
3 years+ to 4 years |
54,837 |
2,905 |
3,927 |
|
4 years+ to 5 years |
47,454 |
1,639 |
1,698 |
|
5 years+ to 6 years |
14,183 |
1,196 |
648 |
The table below details the breakdown of children enrolled, on a waiting list and the number of vacant places.
|
County |
Enrolled |
Vacant places |
|
Carlow |
2,057 |
68 |
|
Cavan |
3,120 |
104 |
|
Clare |
4,280 |
383 |
|
Cork City |
4,246 |
295 |
|
Cork County |
14,662 |
1,032 |
|
Donegal |
6,575 |
882 |
|
Dublin – Dublin City |
16,075 |
581 |
|
Dublin – Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown |
6,357 |
224 |
|
Dublin – Fingal |
11,149 |
450 |
|
Dublin – South Dublin |
9,294 |
373 |
|
Galway |
10,514 |
620 |
|
Kerry |
5,625 |
186 |
|
Kildare |
8,045 |
304 |
|
Kilkenny |
3,944 |
195 |
|
Laois |
3,695 |
298 |
|
Leitrim |
1,437 |
74 |
|
Limerick |
7,805 |
278 |
|
Longford |
1,685 |
59 |
|
Louth |
4,297 |
197 |
|
Mayo |
4,509 |
331 |
|
Meath |
6,996 |
355 |
|
Monaghan |
3,623 |
190 |
|
Offaly |
2,697 |
225 |
|
Roscommon |
2,311 |
98 |
|
Sligo |
3,144 |
88 |
|
Tipperary |
6,662 |
437 |
|
Waterford |
4,612 |
203 |
|
Westmeath |
3,781 |
385 |
|
Wexford |
5,724 |
281 |
|
Wicklow |
4,276 |
224 |
|
Total |
173,197 |
9,420 |
The following revised table was received on 16 May 2019
|
County |
Enrolled |
Waiting list |
Vacant places |
|
Carlow |
2,057 |
260 |
68 |
|
Cavan |
3,120 |
249 |
104 |
|
Clare |
4,280 |
192 |
383 |
|
Cork City |
4,246 |
510 |
295 |
|
Cork County |
14,662 |
869 |
1,032 |
|
Donegal |
6,575 |
477 |
882 |
|
Dublin – Dublin City |
16,075 |
3,492 |
581 |
|
Dublin – Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown |
6,357 |
880 |
224 |
|
Dublin – Fingal |
11,149 |
1,076 |
450 |
|
Dublin – South Dublin |
9,294 |
639 |
373 |
|
Galway |
10,514 |
571 |
620 |
|
Kerry |
5,625 |
269 |
186 |
|
Kildare |
8,045 |
350 |
304 |
|
Kilkenny |
3,944 |
414 |
195 |
|
Laois |
3,695 |
43 |
298 |
|
Leitrim |
1,437 |
63 |
74 |
|
Limerick |
7,805 |
865 |
278 |
|
Longford |
1,685 |
168 |
59 |
|
Louth |
4,297 |
238 |
197 |
|
Mayo |
4,509 |
421 |
331 |
|
Meath |
6,996 |
396 |
355 |
|
Monaghan |
3,623 |
147 |
190 |
|
Offaly |
2,697 |
123 |
225 |
|
Roscommon |
2,311 |
172 |
98 |
|
Sligo |
3,144 |
185 |
88 |
|
Tipperary |
6,662 |
372 |
437 |
|
Waterford |
4,612 |
274 |
203 |
|
Westmeath |
3,781 |
316 |
385 |
|
Wexford |
5,724 |
296 |
281 |
|
Wicklow |
4,276 |
231 |
224 |
|
Total |
173,197 |
14,558 |
9,420 |