My Department provides funding directly to a wide range of community, voluntary and other organisations that are engaged in the provision of specific services to children and young people.
My Department operates a number of grant schemes of both a capital and current nature. The most significant share of the funding is targeted at implementing three major childcare programmes, namely, the Community Childcare Subvention (CCS) programme, the Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) programme and the Community Education and Training (CETS) programme. My Department also operates a number of grant funding schemes for locally based youth projects and clubs. These projects are in the main operated by local youth services and volunteers.
The Capital Grant Funding Scheme for Play and Recreation was introduced in 2013 to support new and existing play and recreation facilities for children and young people. The Afterschool Childcare Programme and the Community Employment Childcare Programme were introduced in 2014. Details of the grant schemes operated by my Department to which community groups and organisations may apply for funding support and the amounts paid out under each scheme in the period 2012 to 2015 are set out in the following table.
Scheme
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2012
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2013
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2014
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2015*
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Special Projects for Youth
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€17.042m
|
€14.968m
|
€14.4m
|
€14.4m
|
Young People’s Facilities and Services Fund
|
€21.332m
|
€19.114m
|
€18.397m
|
€18.397m
|
Local Drugs Task Force youth projects
|
€1.34m
|
€1.196m
|
€1.151m
|
€1.151m
|
Local Youth Club Grant Scheme
|
€1.035m
|
€1.035m
|
€1.035m
|
€1.035m
|
Capital Scheme – Youth Programmes
|
€0.5m
|
€1.55.m
|
€0.5m
|
€0.5m
|
Early Childhood Care and Education Programme
|
€166.485m
|
€164.335m
|
€164.157m
|
€162.8m
|
Community Childcare Subvention Programme
|
€50.9m
|
€45.43m
|
€45.0m
|
€45.0m
|
Childcare Education and Training Programme
|
€17.62m
|
€17.0m
|
€17.0m
|
€17.0m
|
Afterschool Childcare Programme
|
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|
_____
|
€0.263m
|
€1.593m
|
Community Employment Childcare Programme
|
_____
|
_____
|
€1.973m
|
€6.49m
|
Childcare Capital Programme
|
€6.500m
|
€3.250m
|
€3.250m
|
€7.0m
|
Comhairle na nÓg Development Fund
|
€0.627m
|
€0.634m
|
€0.645m
|
€0.583m
|
National Play Day and Recreation Week
|
€0.063m
|
€0.071m
|
€0.061m
|
€0.051m
|
Capital Scheme – Play and Recreation
|
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€0.250m
|
€0.250m
|
€0.250m
|
* 2015 allocation