Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 3 March 2021
583. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the level of funding distributed by his Department to early learning and care and school age childcare services on a monthly basis from March 2020 to January 2021, by funding scheme type. [11080/21]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth provider runs a number of schemes which are available early learning and care and school age childcare services. The schemes are administer by Pobal on behalf of the DCEDIY.
The following table includes the Department’s core funding programmes and supports
- Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE)
- AIM level 1
- AIM level 7
- National Childcare Scheme (NCS)
- Community Childcare Subvention Plus (CCSP)
- Training and Employment Childcare Scheme (TEC)
- Programme Support Payment (PSP)
- Crisis Management
In 2020 the DCEDIY introduced a number of schemes in response to the COVID-19 pandemic which have also been included in the following table.
- Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme
- Reopening Grant
- COVID Capital
The negative values are a combination of reclassification of funding, as a result of the impacts of Covid-19 on the sector and of year-end overpayment adjustments.
Table: Payments to Services March 2020 to January 2021 (€m)
|
Programme |
Mar-20 |
Apr-20 |
May-20 |
Jun-20 |
Jul-20 |
Aug-20 |
Sep-20 |
Oct-20 |
Nov-20 |
Dec-20 |
Jan-21 |
|
ECCE |
€30.86 |
€1.00 |
-€0.31 |
€0.10 |
€0.34 |
€24.93 |
€28.43 |
€30.14 |
€31.68 |
€3.35 |
€52.23 |
|
AIM Level 1 |
€0.44 |
€0.00 |
€0.00 |
€0.00 |
€0.00 |
€0.00 |
€0.66 |
€0.63 |
€0.69 |
€0.00 |
€0.51 |
|
AIM Level 7 |
€3.00 |
€0.02 |
-€2.90 |
€0.00 |
-€0.17 |
€0.01 |
€3.25 |
€2.69 |
€2.01 |
€0.17 |
€2.23 |
|
NCS |
€3.22 |
€2.68 |
-€0.68 |
€0.00 |
€3.09 |
€3.35 |
€6.00 |
€6.35 |
€7.55 |
€9.07 |
€7.76 |
|
CCSP (Savers) |
€7.97 |
€2.66 |
-€1.88 |
-€1.34 |
€8.11 |
€8.19 |
€1.96 |
€3.59 |
€4.31 |
€3.60 |
€6.15 |
|
TEC |
€0.56 |
€0.14 |
-€0.11 |
€0.00 |
€0.09 |
€0.06 |
€0.12 |
€0.13 |
€0.11 |
€0.08 |
€0.09 |
|
ECCE PSP |
€0.03 |
€3.22 |
€0.00 |
€6.23 |
€0.00 |
€0.00 |
€0.00 |
€0.12 |
€0.00 |
€0.01 |
€0.00 |
|
NCS & Savers PSP |
€0.03 |
€2.95 |
€0.00 |
€6.04 |
€0.00 |
€0.00 |
€0.00 |
€0.41 |
€0.00 |
€0.00 |
€0.00 |
|
Crisis Management |
€0.00 |
€0.00 |
€0.00 |
€0.00 |
€0.00 |
€0.01 |
€0.00 |
€0.03 |
€0.52 |
€0.19 |
€0.00 |
|
TWSC |
€0.00 |
€22.18 |
€28.60 |
€7.42 |
€0.39 |
-€0.07 |
€0.01 |
€0.67 |
-€2.65 |
-€0.83 |
-€0.60 |
|
Reopening Grant |
€0.00 |
€0.00 |
€0.00 |
€0.00 |
€10.32 |
€2.11 |
€0.70 |
-€0.02 |
-€0.00 |
€0.00 |
-€0.01 |
|
COVID Capital |
€0.00 |
€0.00 |
€0.00 |
€3.97 |
€6.27 |
€2.06 |
€0.70 |
€0.01 |
-€0.01 |
-€0.01 |
-€0.00 |
|
Total |
€46.12 |
€34.85 |
€22.73 |
€22.43 |
€28.44 |
€40.65 |
€41.82 |
€44.75 |
€44.21 |
€15.62 |
€68.36 |
