I propose to take Questions Nos. 1363 to 1366, inclusive, together.
My Department was established in 2011 and I am happy to supply the Deputy with information relating to the period 2011 to 2019.
As the Deputy is aware my Department is managing the most significant reform of youth services ever undertaken. This will provide an opportunity to identify need and to focus funding on young people most in need of intervention.
In advance of the introduction of a new single targeted funding scheme in 2020, a transition phase in 2019 will see the funding previously provided under the four funding programmes, (Special Projects for Youth, Young Peoples Facilities and Services Fund 1&2, Local Drugs Task Force Projects and Youth Information Centres) collapsed into one funding stream for 2019 to assist with preparations for the new scheme in 2020.
Current funding provided to youth organisations and youth work provision in each of the years 2011 to 2018 and to date in 2019 is given in the table below:
Year
|
Total Youth Funding
|
2011
|
€60.2m
|
2012
|
€56.8m
|
2013
|
€51.7m
|
2014
|
€49.8m
|
2015
|
€49.9m
|
2016
|
€51.9m
|
2017
|
€57.4m
|
2018
|
€58.9m
|
2019
|
€60.4m
|
An additional €1.5 million in current funding has been allocated for the youth sector in 2019, bringing the overall allocation for the year to €60.395m. This represents a 2.5% increase on the 2018 allocation.
This additional funding will be used to support programmes in areas where there are disadvantaged young people and where there is a pressing need for targeted services to meet the needs of young people. Detail of the additional €1.5 million allocated for youth work provision in 2019 by scheme is given in the table below:
Funding Stream
|
Funding Amount
|
Youth Service Grant Scheme
|
€ 468,210
|
Special Projects for Youth*
|
€ 0
|
Young Peoples Facilities and Services Fund 1&2*
|
€ 0
|
Local Drugs Task Force Projects*
|
€ 0
|
Revised Youth Funding Scheme
|
€ 729,349
|
Youth Information Centre*
|
€ 0
|
Local Youth Club Grant Scheme
|
€ 228,789
|
Other National Youth Organisations and Youth Initiatives and Internal Policy and Technical Support Funding Lines. Miscellaneous Costs
|
€ 73,652
|
Total
|
€ 1,500,000
|
* Now part of the new Targeted Youth Funding Scheme
The detail of the €60.4 million funding allocation for youth work provision in 2019, according to schemes is given in the following table:
Funding Scheme
|
2019
|
Targeted Youth Funding Scheme
|
€ 35,183,847
|
Youth Information Centres
|
€ 1,377,060
|
Youth Service Grant Scheme
|
€ 11,126,380
|
Revised Youth Funding Scheme VFM
|
€ 3,357,346
|
Local Youth Club Grant Scheme (inc CDYSB Annual Grant)
|
€ 2,531,206
|
Youth Officer Allocation + Technical Assistance
|
€ 3,680,092
|
LGBT Strategy
|
€ 400,000
|
Other National Youth Organisations and Youth Initiatives
|
€ 1,721,960
|
DCYA Policy and Support Programmes (inc. contingency)
|
€ 533,207
|
New Initiatives and other funding streams within Department
|
€ 483,902
|
Total
|
€ 60,395,000
|
The detail of the funding allocation to youth work services for 2019 and provision by county in tabular form is given in the following table:
FUNDING ETB
|
Cavan Monaghan Area
|
City of Dublin Youth Service Board Area
|
Cork Area
|
Dublin Dun Laoghaire ETB Area
|
Donegal Area
|
Galway and Roscommon Area
|
Kerry Area
|
Kildare and Wicklow Area
|
Targeted Youth Funding Scheme
|
€ 48,955
|
€ 14,211,874
|
€ 2,655,970
|
€ 7,241,058
|
€ 361,593
|
€ 1,517,867
|
€ 423,721
|
€ 1,276,597
|
Youth Information Centres
|
€ 114,493
|
€ 99,675
|
€ 127,176
|
€ 128,105
|
€ 137,983
|
€ 109,895
|
€ 115,677
|
€ 101,518
|
Revised Youth Funding Scheme
|
€ 481,036
|
€ 0
|
€ 93,923
|
€ 279,815
|
€ 0
|
€ 364,462
|
€ 0
|
€ 351,382
|
Local Youth Club Grant Scheme
|
€ 53,623
|
€ 341,000
|
€ 214,555
|
€ 315,175
|
€ 63,095
|
€ 128,497
|
€ 53,099
|
€ 149,558
|
Youth Work Function
|
€ 84,890
|
€ 51,498
|
€ 239,820
|
€ 210,187
|
€ 59,820
|
€ 150,155
|
€ 71,082
|
€ 169,820
|
Technical Assistance
|
€ 23,500
|
€ 855,251
|
€ 99,408
|
€ 300,267
|
€ 23,500
|
€ 56,069
|
€ 23,500
|
€ 48,196
|
Subtotal
|
€ 806,497
|
€ 15,559,298
|
€ 3,430,852
|
€ 8,474,607
|
€ 645,991
|
€ 2,326,945
|
€ 687,079
|
€ 2,097,071
|
FUNDING ETB
|
Kilkenny and Carlow Area
|
Laois and Offaly Area
|
Limerick and Clare Area
|
Longford and Westmeath Area
|
Louth and Meath Area
|
Mayo, Sligo and Leitrim Area
|
Tipperary Area
|
Waterford and Wexford Area
|
Targeted Youth Funding Scheme
|
€ 606,340
|
€ 225,695
|
€ 2,549,727
|
€ 297,542
|
€ 503,236
|
€ 363,464
|
€ 373,972
|
€ 2,424,430
|
Youth Information Centres
|
€ 50,759
|
€ 0
|
€ 104,614
|
€ 50,759
|
€ 0
|
€ 66,921
|
€ 59,363
|
€ 110,122
|
Revised Youth Funding Scheme
|
€ 270,875
|
€ 0
|
€ 245,136
|
€ 138,577
|
€ 100,920
|
€ 139,770
|
€ 437,315
|
€ 0
|
Local Youth Club Grant Scheme
|
€ 61,386
|
€ 65,197
|
€ 126,525
|
€ 52,156
|
€ 131,735
|
€ 85,438
|
€ 61,609
|
€ 115,684
|
Youth Work Function
|
€ 109,492
|
€ 59,823
|
€ 173,407
|
€ 69,867
|
€ 119,640
|
€ 130,889
|
€ 111,657
|
€ 168,595
|
Technical Assistance
|
€ 83,303
|
€ 23,500
|
€ 91,591
|
€ 23,500
|
€ 23,500
|
€ 23,500
|
€ 23,500
|
€ 87,384
|
Subtotal
|
€ 1,182,155
|
€ 374,215
|
€ 3,291,000
|
€ 632,401
|
€ 879,031
|
€ 809,982
|
€ 1,067,416
|
€ 2,906,215
|