Liz McManus (Wicklow, Labour)
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Question 79: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a group (details supplied) in County Wicklow has not received any money in view of the fact that their interim funding was approved by POBAL in late December 2007; and the reason authorisation to release these funds is held up by red tape involving the sessional versus part-time issue. [7320/08]

Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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As the Deputy will be aware, I have responsibility for the National Childcare Investment Programme 2006-2010 (NCIP), which will invest €575 million over 5 years. I understand from enquiries made that the Group in question applied for transitional funding under the NCIP Community Childcare Subvention Scheme 2008-2010 (CCSS) in December 2007, two months later than the requested date for return of applications from community childcare services which were supported under the Equal Opportunities Childcare Programme 2000-2006 (EOCP). The Group was immediately notified of their approval for transitional funding for the period January to June 2008.

I also understand that Pobal, which manages the day-to-day operation of the NCIP, has since informed the Group that their transitional funding for this period is €20,200 and that the first instalment of this funding, amounting to €10,600, was forwarded to the Group last week.