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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Expenditure (10 Nov 2015)

James Reilly: ...funding over the past four years to support the upgrading and refurbishment of early years services under the Early Years Capital Programme as follows:- - 2012 - capital funding of €6 million was provided to fund a maintenance programme for services (i.e. to address remedial, maintenance and renovation work and to purchase equipment). This funding, which provided grants up to a...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Preschool Services (5 Nov 2015)

James Reilly: ...through both private and community/ not-for-profit services while the CCS programme is currently provided through community/ not-for-profit services only. In Budget 2016, I announced an €85 million package of additional investment for childcare. This includes funding for: - An extension to the ECCE programme, which will now allow children to avail of the free pre-school...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Costs (3 Nov 2015)

James Reilly: ..., some of which relate to after-school childcare, were considered as part of the Estimates process prior to Budget 2016. A number of measures were introduced in Budget 2016 including a €3 million capital fund, which will be provided to enable both community/not-for-profit and private providers to develop after-school childcare services using existing school and other...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Early Childhood Care Education (21 Oct 2015)

James Reilly: ...better outcomes and better futures. I am perfectly satisfied that there is adequate funding for next year. That is the way the scheme is designed. There would not be the full drawdown of the €180 million to which Deputy Troy alluded, which in fact is €175 million. The one figure I would dispute with the Deputy is the restored capitation cost of €11 million because...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: After-School Support Services (21 Oct 2015)

James Reilly: .... Several recommendations of the Group, which relate to after-school childcare, were considered as part of the Estimate process for the Budget and will be funded in 2016. These include a €3 million capital fund, which will be provided to enable both community/not-for-profit and private providers to develop after-school childcare services using existing school and other...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Funding (21 Oct 2015)

James Reilly: ...of 0.2 per cent of GDP quoted by the Deputy only represents my Department's spend on the free pre-school year provided under the Early Childhood Care and Education programme, amounting to €175 million. This figure does not include my Department's expenditure on the Community Childcare Subvention programme and the Training and Education Childcare Programmes, which amounts to an...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Budget 2016 (21 Oct 2015)

James Reilly: ...a gross funding allocation of €1.138bn under Budget 2016 for the provision of services under my Department’s Vote. This includes a provision of €1.113 billion in current expenditure and €25 million in capital expenditure. The net funding allocation for the Vote amounts to €1.112 billion when Appropriations-in-Aid receipts of €25.450 million in...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care Education (21 Oct 2015)

James Reilly: ...school. This number ranges from 38 weeks (for children born between April and August who start school at age 4) to 88 weeks (for children born between January and March who start school at age 5). This equates to an estimated 23 additional weeks on average. My Department estimates that the number of children benefiting from the ECCE programme will increase from 67,000 to over...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: After-School Support Services (20 Oct 2015)

James Reilly: .... Several recommendations of the Group, which relate to after-school childcare, were considered as part of the Estimate process for the Budget and will be funded in 2016. These include a €3 million capital fund, which will be provided to enable both community/not-for-profit and private providers to develop after-school childcare services using existing school and other accessible...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Years Strategy Implementation (20 Oct 2015)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 426 to 428, inclusive, together. A total of €7 million was made available under the Early Years Capital Programme in 2015. Of this funding, €5 million was made available for grants specifically for community/not-for-profit early years services. The remaining €2 million was made available for both private and community/not-for-profit early...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care Education (20 Oct 2015)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 432 to 435, inclusive, together. At present, the Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) programme covers children who have reached the age of 3 years and 2 months by 1st September of the relevant year. From September 2016, I am expanding the ECCE programme to allow children to access free pre-school from the time they are 3 years of age until they start...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Years Strategy Implementation (22 Sep 2015)

James Reilly: Funding totalling €7 million was made available under the Early Years Capital Programme 2015, with €5 million of this funding available for grants specifically for community/not for profit early years services. This funding will provide grant aid, in the region of €500,000, for significant upgrades of community/not-for-profit early years services, such as major...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Expenditure (22 Sep 2015)

James Reilly: .... This high level of investment has been maintained despite the difficult budgetary situation that prevailed in recent years. The funding provided by my Department on early years services in 2015 is allocated as follows: - €172.4 million to support the Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) programme that provides a free pre-school year to almost 67,000 children each...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Funding (22 Sep 2015)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 698 and 715 together. Capital funding totalling €7 million is being made available in 2015 for early years services with €5 million of this funding being made available for grants specifically for community/not for profit services. As you are aware, resources are allocated across each area of Government spending as part of the annual Estimates...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Funding (22 Sep 2015)

James Reilly: A total of €7 million was made available under the Early Years Capital Programme in 2015. Of this funding, €5 million was made available for grants specifically for community/not-for-profit early years services. This funding provided for the allocation of capital grant aid in the region of €500,000 for significant upgrades of services such as major refurbishment or...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Funding (22 Sep 2015)

James Reilly: A total of €7 million was made available under the Early Years Capital Programme in 2015. €5 million of the grant funding was made available specifically for community/not for profit childcare services while the other €2 million was made available to both private and community/not for profit childcare facilities to access grants for quality improvement measures,...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Expenditure (16 Jul 2015)

James Reilly: .... This high level of investment has been maintained despite the difficult budgetary situation that prevailed in recent years. The funding provided by my Department on early years services in 2015 is allocated as follows: - €172.4 million to support the Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) programme that provides a free pre-school year to almost 67,000 children each...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Years Strategy Implementation (16 Jul 2015)

James Reilly: Funding totalling €7 million is being made available in 2015 under the Early Years Capital Programme 2015, with €5 million of this funding available for grants specifically for community/not for profit services. This funding will provide grant aid, in the region of €500,000, for significant upgrades of community/not-for-profit services, such as major refurbishment or...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Years Strategy Implementation (16 Jul 2015)

James Reilly: Funding totalling €7 million is being made available in 2015 under the Early Years Capital Programme 2015, with €5 million of this funding available for grants specifically for community/not for profit services. This funding will provide grant aid, in the region of €500,000, for significant upgrades of community/not-for-profit services, such as major refurbishment or...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Regulation (7 Jul 2015)

James Reilly: ...Regulations that a person proposing to carry on a pre-school service shall, at least 28 days before the commencement of the service, give notice in writing to the Child and Family Agency. Section 55 of the Child Care Act places a duty on the Agency to inspect services for which it receives notification. Amendments have been made to the Child Care Act 1991 to underpin proposed reforms...