Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 7 February 2024
417. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide details of the number, locations and level of State funding provided to youth clubs in the Tallaght area for each the past five years; if he will also provide the same information for 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4930/24]
View answerFrom 2020 to Budget 2024, my Department's current Exchequer funding for youth services and programmes increased from €61.789 million to €77.95 million, a 26% increase overall. I am committed to supporting this important sector, which an enormous benefit for the wellbeing of the many young people involved, and from a broader social and economic viewpoint.
As part of a range of youth work supports funded by my Department, the Local Youth Club Grant Scheme supports volunteer-led youth clubs at a local level. This scheme supports some 1,400 youth clubs nationwide and €2.5m was provided to this scheme in 2023.
Grants under this scheme are made available through the local Education and Training Boards (formerly the Vocational Education Committees); and funding is allocated by my Department by ETB region rather than by specific areas.
The funding provided through the Local Youth Grant Scheme in the Dublin Dun Laoghaire ETB region, including Tallaght, for 2008 and 2018 - 2022, is set out below. Data on the specific youth clubs funded is also included. The information requested by the Deputy 2023 is not yet available.
