Anne Rabbitte
Question:1190. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of LINC workers by county, in tabular form. [13278/19]
View answerTuesday, 26 March 2019
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The Leadership for Inclusion in the Early Years (LINC) higher education programme is a Level 6 Special Purpose Award designed to support the inclusion of children with a disability in the Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) programme. It is a key initiative under the Access and Inclusion Model (AIM) for pre-school children.
Pre-school settings employing an Inclusion Coordinator (who has graduated from LINC and has agreed to take on the role of Inclusion Coordinator (INCO) in the pre-school setting) will receive an increase of €2 per child per week in the rate of ECCE capitation payable to that setting.
The table below sets out the number of Inclusion Coordinators in each county as at 14th March 2019:
|
County |
Number of services in receipt of INCO capitation as at 14th March 2019 |
|
Carlow |
23 |
|
Cavan |
22 |
|
Clare |
39 |
|
Cork |
151 |
|
Donegal |
50 |
|
Dublin |
239 |
|
Galway |
84 |
|
Kerry |
52 |
|
Kildare |
68 |
|
Kilkenny |
28 |
|
Laois |
25 |
|
Leitrim |
7 |
|
Limerick |
68 |
|
Longford |
13 |
|
Louth |
31 |
|
Mayo |
42 |
|
Meath |
63 |
|
Monaghan |
15 |
|
Offaly |
17 |
|
Roscommon |
22 |
|
Sligo |
20 |
|
Tipperary |
58 |
|
Waterford |
26 |
|
Westmeath |
26 |
|
Wexford |
51 |
|
Wicklow |
38 |
|
Total |
1,278 |
Questions Nos. 1191 and 1192 answered with Question No. 1188.