I have been informed by Pobal, the agency which administers early learning and care funding programmes on behalf of my Department, that the total payments made to childcare providers in 2018 and 2019 are set out in the table below.
Jan
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Feb
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Mar
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Apr
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May
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Jun
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Jul
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Aug
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Sep
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Oct
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Nov
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Dec
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Total 2018
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€46,286,997
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€54,228,048
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€13,497,386
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€49,982,248
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€57,177,795
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€30,021,919
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€13,139,804
|
€43,301,939
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€33,466,399
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€49,581,688
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€48,715,958
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€13,452,543
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€452,852,723
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Jan
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Feb
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Mar
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Apr
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May
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Jun
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Jul
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Aug
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Sep
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Oct
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Nov
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Dec
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Total 2019
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€86,980,260
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€16,619,158
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€43,589,312
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€45,781,450
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€46,799,765
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€43,749,566
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€13,921,212
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€42,324,959
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€32,991,313
|
€59,462,218
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€52,769,114
|
€18,778,075
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€503,766,403
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Pobal has a dedicated e-mail enquiry service for Oireachtas members - oireachtasqueries@pobal.ie