Mary Upton (Dublin South Central, Labour)
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Question 210: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the names of the ten new special projects for disadvantaged youth that are being implemented as part of the national youth development plan in 2005; if she will make a statement on the progress to date of each of these ten projects; the amount which has been allocated to each of these ten projects in 2005 and, if applicable, for 2006; and the amount which has been allocated to each of these ten projects and which has been spent as of October 2005. [33606/05]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The ten new projects sanctioned in 2005 under the special projects for youth scheme are as follows: 1. Cobh Youth Services, Cork; 2. Daybreak Programme, Donegal; 3. The Blue Box Creative Learning Centre, Limerick; 4. County Longford Youth Services, Longford; 5. Kildare Youth Project, Kildare; 6. Sliabh Luachra Project, Kerry; 7. Shannon Youth Project, County Clare; 8. Graiguecullen Youth Project, Carlow; 9. Unaccompanied Minors' Project, Dublin — this project is now known as the transition support project; and 10. Services to Young Travellers, Tallaght, County Dublin. A grant of €46,000 was made available towards the support of each project in 2005 with full year costs of €92,000 anticipated for 2006, per project.

My Department outlined how the funding for youth work would be allocated between various priorities, projects and organisations in July 2005, including full details of the ten new projects sanctioned in 2005. Under the terms of the special projects for youth scheme, projects are required to submit progress reports and financial statements to the youth affairs section of my Department. The new projects will continue to be monitored on this basis.

Mary Upton (Dublin South Central, Labour)
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Question 211: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount which was allocated in 2005 and, if applicable in 2006, to the provision of continued support of the child protection training programme; and the amount which has been spent as of October 2005. [33607/05]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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I have already accepted proposals put to me by the national youth work advisory committee for the development of a four-year training programme for the sector based on the code of good practice, Child Protection for the Youth Work Sector. I arranged for the National Youth Council of Ireland to appoint a national co-ordinator for child protection to manage and oversee the implementation of this training programme which is currently in hand.

A sum of €80,000 was expended on the implementation of a child protection training programme for the sector in 2003 and a further €83,000 was expended in 2004. To date in 2005, €65,000 has been made available to the National Youth Council of Ireland in this regard. Additional funding will be made available later in 2005 and in 2006.

Mary Upton (Dublin South Central, Labour)
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Question 212: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the names of the 20 single worker special projects she has identified for upgrading to two worker projects under the national youth work development plan in 2005; the special projects which have already been upgraded; the amount each of these special projects which was allocated for the upgrading process in 2005 and, if applicable, in 2006; and the amount which has been spent by each special project in being so upgraded. [33608/05]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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A key action of the National Youth Work Development Plan 2003-2007 provides, in principle, that single worker projects should be upgraded to two worker projects with immediate priority to be given to those funded under the special projects for youth scheme. My Department outlined how funding for youth work would be allocated between various priorities, projects and organisations in July 2005, including details of the 20 upgrades.

The 20 single youth worker projects upgraded to two workers in 2005 are as follows: 1. Loughlinstown-Ballybrack Project, Dublin; 2. Priorswood Youth Project, Dublin; 3. St. Andrew's Resource Centre, Pearse Street, Dublin; 4. North Dublin Youth Development Project, Foróige; 5. Mahon Youth Project, Cork; 6. Churchfield-Gurranabraher Project, Cork; 7. Beara Peninsula Youth Project, County Cork; 8. St. Munchin's Follow Your Dream Project, Limerick; 9. Lucan Youth Service, Dublin; 10. Tagaste House, Galway; 11. Waterford Youth Drama Project; 12. Little Red Kettle, Waterford; 13. Castleconnell Youth Project, County Limerick; 14. Development Worker Post, National Association of Traveller Centres, NATCs; 15. Coxes Demesne Project, Dundalk, County Louth; 16. Youth New Ross Project, Wexford; 17. North Leitrim Youth Project; 18. Laois Youth Services Project; 19. Hebron and Newpark, Kilkenny; and 20. Mullingar Youth Response Project, County Westmeath. A grant of €46,000 was made available towards the support of each project in 2005 with similar costs anticipated in 2006 for each project.

Some 12 single worker projects were upgraded to two workers in 2004 as follows: 1. YMCA Project, Dublin; 2. Beyond Youth LGBT Project, Dublin; 3. Cryptic Youth Project, Balbriggan, County Dublin; 4. Dún Laoghaire Longstanding Projects — these projects include a youth arts programme, an outward bound adventure education programme and support and co-ordination; 5. Strawberry Hill Project, Cork; 6. Togher Youth Project, Cork; 7. Sky Youth Project, County Cork; 8. Sacred Heart Youth Project, Waterford; 9. Traveller Youth Project, Ballybane, Galway; 10. Listowel-North Kerry Youth Project; 11. Literacy Youth Project, Ennis, County Clare; and 12. Ballywaltrim Youth Project, Bray, County Wicklow. A total of €23,500 was made available to each project in 2004 with full year costs of €47,000 in 2005.