Childcare Services

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 29 June 2021

Tuesday, 29 June 2021

Ceisteanna (380)

Kathleen Funchion

Ceist:

380. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of ECCE-only childcare providers, that is, providers that do not offer a service outside of ECCE provision; the amount of annual funding they received; the number of childcare providers in receipt of State funding in regard to same; the amount of annual funding received; the number of providers in receipt of funding that do not provide ECCE; and the amount of annual funding received in 2019 and 2020, respectively. [34319/21]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth

The tables below set out the number of ECCE only services and the funding they received in 2018-19 and 2019-20, and the number of services not providing ECCE and the funding they received in 2018-19 and 2019-20

The numbers of ECCE only providers given is the number of providers who have entered into a funding agreement for ECCE and not for any other programmes funded by my Department, such as NCS. It is possible that some of these providers may be offering childcare in a private capacity, without funding under other subsidy programmes funded by my Department.

As the ECCE programme operates on an academic year, of September to June, the programme year.

Programme Year	ECCE-only Providers	Funding
2018-2019	1389	€90,040,129
2019-2020	1247	€59,567,745

Programme Year	Services that do not Provide ECCE	Type of Programme	Funding
2018-2019	370	CCS/P	€15,908,122
2019-2020	352	CCS/P	€11,133,312
2019-2020	248	NCS	€761,936