Anne Rabbitte
Ceist:704. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the first and full-year cost of restoring funding to the school completion programme to 2011 levels. [32198/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraTuesday, 11 July 2017
Ceisteanna (704)
Freagraí scríofa
As the Deputy may be aware, responsibility for the National Educational Welfare Board which included the School Completion Programme was transferred to my Department on its establishment in 2011. Upon the establishment of Tusla, the Child and Family Agency on January 1 2014, operational responsibility for the School Completion Programme was transferred to the Agency.
The School Completion Programmes are funded in line with the academic year commencing in September each year. The funding available to the School Completion Programme for the school year 2017/2018 stands at €24.756m. An increase in funding of €3.5m per annum would be required to bring funding levels back to the 2011/2012 funding level which stood at €28.256m.