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Youth Services Funding

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 6 November 2018

Tuesday, 6 November 2018

Ceisteanna (973)

Bernard Durkan

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973. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of funding made available to various youth and youth support organisations in the course of 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45363/18]

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As the Deputy may be aware in 2018 an extra €1.5 million was allocated in current funding to support the provision of youth services, which brought the total current youth funding available to my Department to €58.9 million. The additional funding is being used for programmes that target disadvantaged young people.

My Department administers a range of funding schemes and programmes to support the provision of youth services to young people throughout the country including those from disadvantaged communities. The funding schemes support national and local youth work involving approximately 1,400 youth work staff working in youth services and communities throughout the country.

These schemes include the Youth Service Grant Scheme, under which funding is made available to thirty national and major regional youth organisations. Targeted supports for disadvantaged, marginalised and at risk young people are provided through the Special Projects for Youth Scheme, the Young Peoples Facilities and Services Fund Rounds 1 and 2, Local Drugs Task Force Projects and certain other programmes including the Local Youth Club Grant Scheme and Youth Information Centres.

The Local Youth Club Grant Scheme supports youth work activities at a local level. These grants are made available to all youth clubs and groups through the local Education and Training Boards. Each year, in the region of 1700 local youth clubs are eligible to apply under the scheme.

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