Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 11 May 2021
576. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a playgroup (details supplied) is entitled to apply for capital funding for a permanent building; the criteria for such an application; and if his Department will make funding available in the interim to avoid closure of the facility. [24177/21]
View answerI advised the Deputy on 5 May 2021 that the early learning and childcare service referred to in this question had engaged with Pobal, the administrator of my Department's funding programmes, and that Pobal had informed my Department that the service had a plan in place to secure long-term premises.
Since then, the service has engaged with my Department’s case management process and is being supported and advised by their local County Childcare Committee. Financial support in the form of sustainability funding has been made available to the service.
