Youth Services Expenditure

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 3 December 2013

Tuesday, 3 December 2013

Ceisteanna (370)

Catherine Murphy

Ceist:

370. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 635 of 18 July 2013, which of the 41 funding bodies listed are designated as funding administering bodies which administer funding on behalf of her Department; if she will clarify the reason 41 bodies were listed in the reply when only 31 are authorised to administer funds in this way; which funding schemes they receive and administer funds through; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51303/13]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Children and Youth Affairs

The funding for 477 youth projects under the Special Projects for Youth Scheme, the Young Peoples Facilities and Services Fund, Rounds 1 and 2 and Local Drugs Task Force Projects is administered by my Department through funding administration bodies. In the main, these are the Education and Training Boards (ETBs) but they also include other bodies such as the HSE, some local authorities and, up to recently, some of the larger national youth organisations including Crosscare Youth Services (formerly Catholic Youth Care), Foróige and Youth Work Ireland.

In recent years, the number of bodies holding funding administration status from my Department has reduced from approximately 40 to some 30 at the start of 2013. For example, the funding administering arrangements formerly carried out by six large youth organisations was transferred by my Department to City of Dublin ETB (CDYSB) in 2012.

It is anticipated that the number of funding administration bodies will continue to reduce as the integration of former VECs into the Education Training Boards is completed.