Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 22 September 2021
137. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will consider extending the ECCE grant for a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45470/21]
View answerThe Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) Programme is a universal free two-year pre-school programme available to all children within the eligible age range.
As the child to which the Deputy refers has not availed of any ECCE time in 2019 or 2020, and the child will not have reached 6 years before starting primary school in September 2022 I will grant an exemption in this case.
The child will be eligible to attend ECCE from September 2021 to June 2022. My Department will notify Pobal, who are the administrators of the ECCE programme, of this decision.
