Anne Rabbitte
Question:1185. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of ECCE places by county, in tabular form. [13273/19]
View answerTuesday, 26 March 2019
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My Department records the breakdown of childcare places 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 Early Childhood Care and Education (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 across all age groups.
|
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 below table represents the number of ECCE registrations by county for the current programme year 2018-19.
|
County Division |
Registrations |
|
Cork City |
2,415 |
|
County Carlow |
1,267 |
|
County Cavan |
1,883 |
|
County Clare |
2,454 |
|
County Cork |
10,539 |
|
County Donegal |
3,220 |
|
County Galway |
4,528 |
|
County Kerry |
2,900 |
|
County Kildare |
5,823 |
|
County Kilkenny |
2,108 |
|
County Laois |
2,137 |
|
County Leitrim |
688 |
|
County Limerick |
3,466 |
|
County Longford |
802 |
|
County Louth |
2,868 |
|
County Mayo |
2,775 |
|
County Meath |
5,308 |
|
County Monaghan |
1,251 |
|
County Offaly |
1,809 |
|
County Roscommon |
1,360 |
|
County Sligo |
1,323 |
|
County Tipperary |
695 |
|
County Waterford |
1,489 |
|
County Westmeath |
2,232 |
|
County Wexford |
3,528 |
|
County Wicklow |
3,489 |
|
Dublin City |
8,737 |
|
Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown |
4,380 |
|
Fingal |
7,652 |
|
Galway City |
1,288 |
|
Limerick City |
804 |
|
North Tipperary |
1,177 |
|
South Dublin |
6,179 |
|
South Tipperary |
1,598 |
|
Waterford City |
963 |
|
Grand Total |
105,135 |