A number of childcare programmes are implemented by my Department to assist parents with the cost of childcare. These include:
- the Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) programme,
- the Community Childcare Subvention (CCS) programme,
- the Training and Employment Childcare (TEC) programmes and
- the Early Years Capital Funding programme.
The following tables give details of the total annual funding allocated to childcare providers in counties Longford and Westmeath under these various programmes since the establishment of Department of Children and Youth Affairs in June 2011 to the present date. The figures for the ECCE programme cover the period from September 2011 which is the first full year that this programme was implemented by this Department.
Childcare Education and Training Support Programme
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Longford
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Westmeath
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2011/2012
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483,210.00
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352,015.00
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2012/2013
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391,780.00
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376,005.00
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2013/2014
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383,900.00
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376,754.00
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2014/2015
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363,437.00
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285,121.00
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Community Childcare Subvention Programme
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|
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2011/2012
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1,196,644.00
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1,714,212.00
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2012/2013
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1,002,596.00
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1,362,850.00
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2013/2014
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957,293.32
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1,326,041.34
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2014/2015
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822,713.07
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1,195,781.06
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After School Childcare Programme
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2014/2015
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33,880.00
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10,031.00
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Community Employment Childcare Pre-school Programme
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|
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2014/2015
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116,585.00
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115,042.00
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Community Employment After School Programme
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|
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2014/2015
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36,568.00
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32,540.00
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Capital Programmes
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2011
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0
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0
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2012
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121,847.30
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75,073.00
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2013
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29,175.00
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75,034.00
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2014
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14,287.00
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90,261.00
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2015 Strand 1
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0
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0
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2015 Strand2
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18,222.30
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43,758.00
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2015 Strand 3
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44,697.60
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24,300.00
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2015 Strand 4
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2,271.00
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7,354.95
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Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) Programme
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|
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2011/2012
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1,354,072.40
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3,297,279.90
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2012/2013
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1,413,459.30
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3,202,171.20
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2013/2014
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1,356,290.00
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3,308,659.00
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2014/2015
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1,402,992.10
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3,393,096.10
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