Child Care Services Data

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 15 February 2017

Wednesday, 15 February 2017

Ceisteanna (167)

Anne Rabbitte

Ceist:

167. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons on Tús, the rural social scheme, RSS, and community employment, CE, schemes who carried out duties in community child care facilities for each of the years 2013 to 2016 by county, in tabular form. [7477/17]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Social Protection

The Department introduced a new Community Employment (CE) Childcare Strand in 2013 under which there is a dedicated childcare programme leading to a QQI Level 5 Major Award in Early Childhood Care and Education for CE participants who work directly with children. Under the new programme guidelines, CE participants in childcare places may receive up to 3 years continuous duration on the programme in order to achieve the QQI Level 5 qualification, subject to meeting annual review criteria and engagement in intensive job search activities.

These changes are designed to provide a more tailored and valuable support to the provision of community childcare and achieve greater coherence between participation on CE and the job market. This will improve the career path for participants who wish to pursue a career in childcare.

The numbers of CE participants recorded as working in dedicated childcare positions from 2013 to 2016, broken down by county, are set out in table 1.

Table 1

County	2013	2014	2015	2016
Carlow	33	57	48	2
Cavan	54	65	63	61
Clare	25	32	32	31
Cork	175	172	182	173
Donegal	41	63	52	62
Dublin	611	584	548	468
Galway	60	53	31	37
Kerry	91	72	69	52
Kildare	28	33	31	72
Kilkenny	19	36	36	35
Laois	24	32	35	41
Leitrim	6	17	17	21
Limerick	54	94	105	80
Longford	50	69	76	70
Louth	80	79	107	93
Mayo	36	38	32	26
Meath	50	48	57	59
Monaghan	67	89	86	76
Offaly	25	13	2	0
Roscommon	16	26	33	27
Sligo	72	47	35	30
Tipperary	48	52	64	56
Waterford	53	53	60	61
Westmeath	92	84	91	76
Wexford	91	80	72	65
Wicklow	10	16	39	42
Total	1,911	2,004	2,003	1,816

From the records available to the Department, the number of persons on Tús and the rural social scheme (RSS) that were recorded as undertaking some duties in childcare settings in 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016, by county, is set out in the following tables. These programmes do not have a dedicated childcare strand.

Table 2 - Tús participants recorded as working in childcare 2013 to 2016

Tús Participants Working In Childcare

County	2013	2014	2015	2016
Carlow	15	18	18	26
Cavan	10	17	18	19
Clare	20	20	18	15
Cork	59	66	57	42
Donegal	65	70	73	71
Dublin	186	227	243	207
Galway	33	41	40	41
Kerry	7	10	7	9
Kildare	20	24	19	11
Kilkenny	22	19	18	17
Laois	1	1	3	5
Leitrim	11	8	10	13
Limerick	26	31	39	40
Longford	11	15	15	12
Louth	3	6	4	4
Mayo	31	45	44	36
Meath	23	33	33	27
Monaghan	50	44	46	38
Offaly	13	16	17	17
Roscommon	13	16	20	17
Sligo	2	6	8	10
Tipperary	12	27	40	40
Waterford	25	25	28	30
Westmeath	15	14	19	20
Wexford	23	29	23	15
Wicklow	11	23	27	21
Total	707	851	887	803

Table 3 - RSS participants recorded as working in childcare 2015 and 2016 (information requested prior to 2015 on RSS is not available)

RSS Participants working in Childcare

County	2015	2016
Carlow	-	-
Cavan	1	1
Clare	-	-
Cork	1	3
Donegal	-	-
Dublin	-	-
Galway	2	4
Kerry	3	3
Kildare	-	-
Kilkenny	-	-
Laois	-	-
Leitrim	-	-
Limerick	-	-
Longford	-	-
Louth	-	-
Mayo	22	22
Meath	1	1
Monaghan	-	-
Offaly	3	3
Roscommon	2	2
Sligo	-	-
Tipperary	-	1
Waterford	-	-
Westmeath	-	-
Wexford	-	-
Wicklow	-	1
Total	35	41

I hope this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.