Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 9 April 2019
565. Deputy Hildegarde Naughton asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children that have benefitted from the universal childcare subsidy since its introduction in August 2017 by county in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16434/19]
View answerAs part of its plan to make childcare more affordable, my Department introduced a universal subvention payment from September 2017. The Community Childcare Subvention Universal (CCSU) subsidy, worth up to €20 per week per child, is available for all parents who are not in receipt of any other childcare subsidy for children aged from 6 months to the first eligible point of entry to the Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) programme.
CCSU registration/s by county (2017/2018 and 2018/2019) as at 29/03/2019
|
County Division |
Number of unique CCSP services with CCSU registration/s |
Number of unique CCSU children registered |
|
Carlow |
31 |
556 |
|
Cavan |
44 |
886 |
|
Clare |
75 |
1,159 |
|
Cork City |
57 |
1,274 |
|
Cork County |
173 |
4,571 |
|
Donegal |
79 |
1,168 |
|
Dublin - Dublin City |
266 |
6,841 |
|
Dublin - Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown |
105 |
3,919 |
|
Dublin - Fingal |
168 |
4,176 |
|
Dublin - South Dublin |
137 |
3,505 |
|
Galway |
176 |
3,332 |
|
Kerry |
70 |
1,219 |
|
Kildare |
105 |
2,644 |
|
Kilkenny |
55 |
1,044 |
|
Laois |
40 |
597 |
|
Leitrim |
18 |
315 |
|
Limerick |
75 |
1,906 |
|
Longford |
22 |
317 |
|
Louth |
67 |
1,228 |
|
Mayo |
63 |
723 |
|
Meath |
96 |
2,058 |
|
Monaghan |
39 |
868 |
|
Offaly |
36 |
508 |
|
Roscommon |
37 |
620 |
|
Sligo |
44 |
854 |
|
Tipperary |
85 |
1,568 |
|
Waterford |
50 |
864 |
|
Westmeath |
40 |
825 |
|
Wexford |
86 |
1,369 |
|
Wicklow |
81 |
1,462 |
|
Total |
2,391 |
52,025 |
