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Early Childhood Care and Education

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 15 June 2021

Tuesday, 15 June 2021

Questions (1024)

Kathleen Funchion

Question:

1024. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the breakdown including early childhood care and education, ECCE pay and non-pay, the access and inclusion model and so on of the €334.500 million provided for ECCE and AIM preschool in line B.3 of the revised estimate for 2021. [31908/21]

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My Department operates a number of early learning and school-age childcare funding schemes. These schemes are administered by Pobal on behalf of my Department.

The allocation under the B3 subhead for 2021 amounts to €334.5m. This subhead provides funding for three programmes.

- Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE)

- Access and Inclusion Model (AIM)

- Programme Support Payments (PSPs)

Given the nature of the scheme, ECCE does not incorporate a pay/non-pay split.

The table below shows the 2021 allocation for each of the abovementioned schemes.

Scheme

Allocation (€m)

ECCE

€ 289.3

AIM

€ 35.0

PSPs

€ 10.2

Total

€ 334.5

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