Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 338: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount spent to date on the child care measure under the National Development Plan; the estimated amount to be spent by the end of the NDP; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34275/06]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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The Equal Opportunities Childcare Programme is funded as part of the two Regional Operational Programmes under the National Development Plan, and is split between two measures: the Childcare Facilities measure (which receives co-funding from the European Regional Development Fund) and the Childcare Measure (which receives co-funding from the European Social Fund and is divided into the Support for Staffing Grants and Quality Improvement sub-measures).

The following table sets out the amount spent to the end of December 2005 under the Measures, and the estimated amount to be spent by the end of the NDP.