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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Social Welfare Benefits (26 May 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I propose to take Questions Nos. 282 and 284 together. There are two types of subsidies available under the National Childcare Scheme (or the Affordable Childcare Scheme): - Currently, universal subsidies are available to all families with children under 3 years old. They are also available to families with children over 3 years who have not yet qualified for the free preschool programme...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Social Welfare Benefits (26 May 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: The 2022 allocated budget for the Access and Inclusion Model (AIM) is €45.55 million. This funding covers the cost of the seven levels of AIM, which encompass a range of both universal and targeted supports for pre-school settings. This funding provides a programme of capital grants for specialised equipment, appliances, assistive technology and/or minor alterations for...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Social Welfare Benefits (26 May 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: The National Childminding Initiative, which began in 2002, contained a number of strands to support childminders. One of the strands was the appointment of Childminding Advisory Officers, some of whom were employed by the HSE and some by City and County Childcare Committees. Their roles included offering information, support and training to childminders; maintaining the voluntary notification...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Qualifications (26 May 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: Extrapolated data from the Annual Early Years Sector Profile 2020/2021 suggests that in 2021 there were approximately 26,200 staff working directly with children in Early Learning and Care (ELC) services, of whom 24.9% held a relevant Level 5 major award as their highest qualification, i.e. approximately 6,520 staff.  Currently the Learner Fund provides a bursary of €750 for...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Qualifications (26 May 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: Extrapolated data from the Annual Early Years Sector Profile 2020/2021 suggests that in 2021 there were approximately 26,200 staff working directly with children in Early Learning and Care (ELC) services, of whom 36.9% held a relevant Level 6 major award as their highest qualification. On that basis, it can be assumed that supporting 50% of those with Level 6 to achieve a relevant Level 7...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disadvantaged Status (26 May 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: Partnership for the Public Good, A New Funding Model for Early Learning and Care (ELC) and School-Age Childcare (SAC) - the report of an independently chaired Expert Group - was adopted in full by Government last December. Amongst other things, this sets out a new approach to State funding of the ELC and SAC sector that includes universal and targeted Tackling Disadvantage funding and...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Data (26 May 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I wish to inform the Deputy that my officials have asked Tusla to respond to you directly on this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Data (26 May 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I wish to inform the Deputy that my officials have asked Tusla to respond directly to you on this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Data (26 May 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I wish to inform the Deputy that my officials have asked Tusla to respond directly to you on this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Data (26 May 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I wish to inform the Deputy that my officials have asked Tusla to respond directly to you on this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (26 May 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: As the Deputy will be aware, responsibility for the International Protection Accommodation Service (IPAS) and the International Protection Procurement Service (IPPS) transferred to my Department on 14 October 2020. However, the Government decision to commence Direct Provision dates back to 1999. The Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform had responsibility at that time for the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (26 May 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) programme is a universal two-year pre-school programme available to all children within the eligible age range. The programme is provided for three hours per day, five days per week over 38 weeks per year and runs from September to June each year, aligned with the primary school calendar. The number of services that have only signed an ECCE...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Data (26 May 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: There are 30 City/County Childcare Committees (CCCs) located nationwide, which are fully funded by my Department. The funding allocation for City/County Childcare Committees for 2020 (additional capital funding was made available to CCCs in 2020), 2021 and 2022 is set out in the table below. Childcare Committee 2020 2021 2022 Galway City...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Funding (26 May 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: From the onset of Covid-19, my Department and the State more broadly put in place a range of supports for Early Learning and Care and School Age Childcare (ELC/SAC) services. The objective of these supports were to: - support providers’ sustainability to enable services return to normal once restrictions were lifted; - support providers to retain their staff; - ensure that...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Funding (26 May 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: As the Deputy is aware the National Childcare Scheme (NCS) provides financial support to help parents meet the cost of childcare and to support better outcomes for children. There are two types of supports available under the Scheme: - The Universal Subsidy is available to all families with children under 3 years. It is also available to families with children over 3 years who have...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Funding (26 May 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: There is no specific budget for the Community Childcare Subvention Plus Saver Programme (CSSP). CCSP is a legacy scheme, which is being replaced by the National Childcare Scheme (NCS). It is therefore incorporated under that budget. The NCS budget for the years 2021 and 2022 is as follows:  Year Budget 2021 € million 205.5 ...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Funding (26 May 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: The Access and Inclusion Model (AIM), is a programme of supports designed to ensure that children with disabilities can access and meaningfully participate in the Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) pre-school programme.  75% of expenditure is on Level 1 and Level 7 with the remaining expenditure on training, equipment, communications and advisory supports. Level 1 is provision of...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Funding (26 May 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I propose to take Questions Nos. 303 and 311 together. An Independent Review of the Cost of Delivering Childcare in Ireland, undertaken by Crowe in on behalf of my Department, was published in November 2020.  The project was designed to provide a robust evidence base for the further development of high quality Early Learning and Care (ELC) and School-Age Childcare (SAC) in...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Funding (26 May 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I propose to take Questions Nos. 304 and 305 together. A total €716.7 m has been allocated to  Early Learning Childcare and School Age Childcare in 2022. Please see below in tabular form the combined allocation and expenditure figures for the years 2020 to 2022: 2020 2021 2022 Original/ Revised...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Funding (26 May 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: As the Deputy is aware the National Childcare Scheme (NCS) provides financial support to help parents meet the cost of childcare and to support better outcomes for children. There are two types of supports available under the Scheme: - The Universal Subsidy is available to all families with children under 3 years. It is also available to families with children over 3 years who have...