Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 13 July 2022
390. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a breakdown including early childhood care and education scheme pay and ECCE non-pay, access and inclusion model and so on of the €334.5 million provided for ECCE and AIM preschool in line B.3 of the Revised Estimate for 2021. [38492/22]
View answerMy 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 above-mentioned schemes.
|
Scheme |
Allocation (€m) |
|
|
ECCE |
€ 289.3 |
|
|
AIM |
€ 35.0 |
|
|
PSPs |
€ 10.2 |
|
|
Total |
€ 334.5 |
