Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 15 June 2021
978. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the funding allocated in 2019, 2020 and 2021 to early learning care; and the amount of this allocation that was drawn down for 2019 and 2020, in tabular form. [31360/21]
View answer979. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the funding allocated in 2019, 2020 and 2021 to school-aged care; and the amount of this allocation that was drawn down for 2019 and 2020, in tabular form. [31361/21]
View answer980. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the funding allocated in 2019, 2020 and 2021 to the national childcare scheme; and the amount of this allocation that was drawn down for 2019 and 2020, in tabular form. [31362/21]
View answer981. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the funding allocated in 2019, 2020 and 2021 to after-school provision within the national childcare scheme; and the amount of this allocation that was drawn down for 2019 and 2020, in tabular form. [31363/21]
View answer983. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the funding allocated in 2019, 2020 and 2021 to the training and employment childcare scheme; and the amount of this allocation that was drawn down for 2019 and 2020, in tabular form. [31365/21]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 978 to 981, inclusive, and 983 together.
My Department runs a number of Early Learning and Care schemes. The schemes are administered by Pobal on behalf of my Department.
The following table shows my Department’s core funding programmes and supports. The table displays the total budget allocation for each programme, as well as the amount drawn down over the last 3 programme years.
|
Year |
Scheme |
Allocation (€m) |
Drawdown (€m) |
|
2019 |
ECCE |
€ 298.1 |
€ 294.5 |
|
AIM |
€ 21.4 |
€ 25.1 |
|
|
NCS and Savers |
€ 157.2 |
€ 151.9 |
|
|
2020 |
ECCE |
€ 208.6 |
€ 216.6 |
|
AIM |
€ 31.4 |
€ 17.4 |
|
|
NCS and Savers |
€ 145.2 |
€ 109.4 |
|
|
2021 |
ECCE |
€ 289.3 |
NA |
|
AIM |
€ 35.0 |
NA |
|
|
NCS and Savers |
€ 205.5 |
NA |
The Deputy should be aware that the 2020 allocation refers to the further revised allocation. Spend in 2020 on schemes is lower due to the suspension of regular schemes during Covid-19 closures.
The Department does not record School Aged Childcare and Early Learning Care separately.
Since 2019, there has been one budget allocation for all targeted schemes. Community Childcare Subvention Plus (CCSP) and Training and Employment Childcare Scheme (TEC) are now known as Savers and contained with the NCS and Savers budget.
Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) and Access and Inclusion Model (AIM) provide exclusively Early Learning and Care funding. However, funding for Early Learning and Care is also available under NCS and Savers.
School age children are not eligible for the ECCE and AIM Programmes. Only the NCS and Savers schemes include an after-school component. It is estimated that, of the budget allocation for NCS and Savers 2021 (€205.5m), approximately €65m is intended for school-aged childcare.
