Early Childhood Care and Education Data

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 7 November 2017

Tuesday, 7 November 2017

Ceisteanna (1100, 1101)

Anne Rabbitte

Ceist:

1100. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of ECCE places available in each county as of September 2017 in tabular form. [45933/17]

Anne Rabbitte

Ceist:

1101. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children that were eligible for the ECCE scheme in September 2017 by county. [45934/17]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Children and Youth Affairs

I propose to take Questions Nos. 1100 and 1101 together.

The information requested is not yet available for September 2017 so I have provided the same information for the previous year (2016 - 2017) as published in the Early Years Sector Profile 2016 - 2017. It is expected that the figures for September 2017 will be similar to the previous year's figures. Please see the table and for further information I refer you to the report which can be found on the Pobal website. The analysis covers 3-5 year olds which correlates with ECCE eligibility.

It should also be noted that not all parents take up their full allocation. For example some parents may choose to send their children to primary school at a younger age rather than take up a second year of ECCE.

County	3 - 5 year olds capacity	3 - 5 year olds population
Carlow	1689	1721
Cavan	1919	2419
Clare	3121	3456
Cork City	3102	2482
Cork County	10968	13228
Donegal	4197	4557
Dublin - Dublin City	10873	11908
Dublin - Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown	4926	5637
Dublin - Fingal	8556	10620
Dublin - South Dublin	6960	9201
Galway	6921	7506
Kerry	3469	3922
Kildare	5980	7289
Kilkenny	2731	3014
Laois	2516	2859
Leitrim	618	915
Limerick	5123	5446
Longford	1049	1315
Louth	3437	3995
Mayo	3188	3514
Meath	5747	6797
Monaghan	1781	1957
Offaly	2079	2347
Roscommon	1517	1843
Sligo	1628	1876
Tipperary	4195	4523
Waterford	2948	3185
Westmeath	2797	2667
Wexford	3923	4335
Wicklow	4024	4377