Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 24 January 2012
579 Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the total capital spending per annum on youth cafés since the establishment of the funding scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3469/12]
Amharc ar fhreagra580 Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the names, locations and funding allocation under the capital fund for youth cafés in 2011; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3470/12]
Amharc ar fhreagra581 Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her strategy regarding the youth café capital funding scheme, including ensuring that support is provided for those areas most in need and provision for additional current funding to meet ongoing running costs of the youth cafés established to date and those she plans to establish in 2012; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3471/12]
Amharc ar fhreagraI propose to take Questions Nos. 579 to 581, inclusive, together.
A total of €1.7m (approximately) in funding has been available from 2010 to date for the specific support of the provision of youth cafés. The bulk of this funding was allocated to the dedicated competitive funding scheme announced in 2010. The majority of the funds awarded from this scheme (approximately €1.5m) were distributed to the successful projects in 2011 and the facilities are gradually coming on stream. A further €200,000 was made available by my Department to various youth café projects in late 2011. This brings the total funding (to date) to circa €1.7m. The funding was designed to both provide completely new youth cafés and to support existing youth cafés who needed assistance in providing additional facilities etc. Lists of the projects funded to date follow.
My Department is committed to supporting the development of quality, front-line youth work projects and services which address the changing needs of young people and communities. A key element of this is to support the continued nationwide development of youth café facilities given the considerable benefits they offer for young people to meet in safe drug and alcohol free spaces and most importantly the identification of the need for such spaces by young people themselves.
In support of this priority, I have ensured that as part of the Government's Capital Review that capital funding available for youth projects is to increase from €0.8m in 2011 to €1.5m in each of 2012 and 2013. It is anticipated that a significant portion of this funding (approximately 50%) will be specifically allocated to youth cafés. It is important to state that this is capital not current expenditure. Details of the manner in which these funds will be distributed will be announced in due course.
The Department of Children and Youth Affairs now estimates that between 75-100 youth café facilities now operate across the state and are seen as hugely beneficial to local communities in terms of broader engagement with young people. The projects are in many cases run directly by or in partnership with young people and are popular with teenagers and young people generally. We must ensure therefore that we focus any funding supports to support as many as possible of the existing locations as well as providing targeted funding for new locations.
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List of Projects Funded by Minister For Children and Youth Affairs |
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Project |
Funding Recommended |
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Cootehill Youth Café, Co Cavan |
€20,000 |
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Clonakilty Youth Project, Co Cork |
€5,000 |
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Timoleague Youth Café, Co Cork |
€2,000 |
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Palmerstown Youth Café, Dublin 20 |
€5,000 |
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Clondalkin Youth Café, Dublin 22 |
€5,000 |
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Ballinasloe D’Cube Youth Café, Co Galway |
€2,000 |
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CaféÓige Cois Fharraige, Indreabhan, Co Galway |
€5,000 |
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Sign Out Youth Café, Portumna, Co Galway |
€2,000 |
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Ballybunion Youth Café, Co Kerry |
€5,000 |
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Timahoe Foróige Club Youth Café, Co Laois |
€2,000 |
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Breffni Youth Café, Carrick-on-Shannon, Co Leitrim |
€2,000 |
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RAY Youth Café, Trim, Co Meath |
€4,000 |
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Elm Grove Clonmel Youth Café, Co Tipperary |
€71,500 |
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Templemore Youth Café, Co Tipperary |
€21,000 |
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Manor St John Youth Café, Waterford City |
€10,800 |
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St Patrick’s Hall, Tallow, Co Waterford |
€12,000 |
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Mid-Way Youth Project, Portlaw, Co Waterford |
€20,700 |
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FDYS West Wexford Youth Café, Wexford Town |
€5,000 |
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Total |
€200,000 |
Funds will be distributed to projects via local VECs
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County |
Name of Project |
Address |
Total Grant |
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Carlow |
Tullow Youth Café, Carlow Regional Youth Services Limited |
Montgomery House, Athy Road, Carlow, Co. Carlow |
€95,300 |
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Cavan |
The Bridge Street Youth Café, Foroige |
Foroige, C/O the Cavan 365 Project, Tullacmongan Resource Centre, Cavan |
€10,000 |
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Cootehill Youth Café, Co. Cavan VEC |
Unit 12, Church View Square, Cavan, Co. Cavan |
€42,870 |
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Clare |
Fishbowl Youth Café, Ard Aoibhinn Community Initiatives Limited |
Clai House, Cappaduff, Mountshannon, Co. Clare |
€4,000 |
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Youth Space Ennis/Kick Back Café Shannon, Clare Youth Service Limited |
Carmody Street, Ennis, Co. Clare |
€3,000 |
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Shannon Leisure Centre, Shannon Swimming and Leisure Centre Limited |
Tullyglass, Shannon, Co. Clare |
€3,000 |
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Cork |
TYC Friday (Togher Youth Café) and Mayfield Youth Café, Togher Community Association Limited |
Togher Social Service Centre, Togher Road, Cork. |
€6,000 |
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The Attic Youth Café, West Cork Development Partnership Limited |
The Attic Youth Café, Warner Centre, Marino Street, Bantry, Co. Cork |
€2,113 |
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Monday Night Café, Cork YMCA |
11-12 Marlboro Street, Cork, Co. Cork |
€2,000 |
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Gurranabraher Youth Development Project Drop in Youth Café, Cumann Spraoi Limited (trading as Youth Work Ireland Cork) |
11 Gurranabraher Road, Gurranabraher, Cork, Co. Cork |
€2,000 |
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Youghal Youth Project, Foroige |
Foroige Youth Centre and Café, Nagle House, South Abbey, Youghal, Co. Cork |
€2,113 |
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Funky Fish Youth Café |
St. Finbarr’s Place, Bandon, Co. Cork |
€5,773 |
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Ballyphehane Youth Café, Ballyphehane Community Association Limited |
The Community Centre, Tory Top Road, Ballyphehane, Cork |
€63,500 |
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Donegal |
South West Donegal Youth Project and Drop in Centre — Foroige, Foroige |
Foroige Office, 6 Tirchonnail Street, Donegal, Co. Donegal |
€9,060 |
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Dublin |
The South Leitrim Neighbourhood Youth Project (SlNYP) |
Foroige Headquarters, Block 12D, Joyce Way, Parkwest, Co. Dublin |
€3,000 |
