Written answers
Tuesday, 24 October 2006
Department of Health and Children
Child Care Services
9:00 pm
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.
Outturn to December 2005 | Forecast to end of NDP | |
â'¬m | â'¬m | |
Childcare Facilities | 106.171 | 150.361 |
Childcare (incl. Support for Staffing Grants and Quality Improvement) | 166.798 | 244.398 |
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