Finian McGrath (Dublin North Central, Independent)
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Question 268: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support an organisation (details supplied). [4495/10]

Barry Andrews (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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I have responsibility for the Community Childcare Subvention Scheme (CCSS) which was introduced in January 2008 and provides support funding to community based not for profit childcare providers to enable them to charge reduced childcare fees to disadvantaged and low income working parents, and for the free Pre-School Year in Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) scheme which came into effect in January of this year. I understand that the service referred to by the Deputy is participating in both of these schemes and, in 2009, it received CCSS funding of €55,768. I understand that preliminary payments for 2010 have been made to the service, amounting to €13,942 in the case of the CCSS and €3,870 in the case of the ECCE scheme. Services participating in the CCSS and ECCE scheme were required to submit a 2010 return to my Office by 29 January 2010. These returns are now being processed and, when completed, the final amounts payable to participating services will be determined and further payments will be made as appropriate. I am not aware of any other funding amount due to be paid by my Office to the service in question.