Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 28 April 2021
722. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the allocations to the individual funding lines and schemes (details supplied) arising from the additional €5 million announced for youth work services in Budget 2021; and the current allocation to these funding lines and schemes in 2021. [22162/21]
View answerAll youth funding programmes received an increased allocation in 2021 arising from the additional €5 million in Budget 2021 for youth services. The table below details the exact amount increased in each funding programme for the Deputy. This increased the funding for youth services to €66.8 million and this is broken down as follows:
|
Scheme |
Allocation 2021 |
Allocation 2020 |
|
UBU Your Place Your Space (General Increase) |
€39,743,138 |
N/A |
|
UBU Your Place Your Space (new services and supports) |
€2,050,000 |
N/A |
|
TYFS/RYFS |
N/A |
€38,776,528 |
|
Youth Services Grant Scheme (YSGS) |
€12,261,532 |
€11,563,264 |
|
Local Youth Club Grant Scheme (LYCGS) |
€2,254,664 |
€2,107,160 |
|
Youth Information Centres (YIC) |
€1,557,060 |
€1,347,492 |
|
ETB Youth Grant |
€4,675,018 |
€4,130,179 |
|
LGBTI Youth Strategy |
€600,000 |
€500,000 |
|
Other Youth Initiatives (incl. Leargas, Gaisce and smaller youth related projects) |
€3,647,205 |
€3,363,994 |
