Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 235: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will sanction a staffing grant to a group (details supplied) in County Mayo. [42296/06]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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As the Deputy will be aware, I have responsibility for the Equal Opportunities Childcare Programme 2000-2006 (EOCP) and the National Childcare Investment Programme 2006-2010 (NCIP), which are being implemented by the Office of the Minister for Children. I am pleased to inform the Deputy that the Group in question has recently been approved a staffing grant under the EOCP, subject to the conclusion of a contractual agreement with Pobal, which administers the grants on behalf of the Office of the Minister for Children. I understand that the Childcare Directorate of my Office has informed the Group of the decision.