Written answers
Tuesday, 19 November 2013
Department of Children and Youth Affairs
Youth Services Funding
Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Independent)
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623. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the distribution of funding provided to the youth service grant scheme, the special projects for youth scheme, the young people’s facilities and services fund rounds 1 and 2, the local drug task force projects, the youth information centres, and the local youth club grant scheme in 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49461/13]
Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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The Youth Affairs Unit of my Department provides a range of funding schemes and supports to the youth sector. In 2013 funding of some €53.498 million including €1.75m capital funding has been made available for these schemes to support the provision of youth services and programmes to young people throughout the country.
Details of the funding allocated in 2013 to the Youth Service Grant Scheme, the Special Projects for Youth Scheme, the Young People’s Facilities and Services Fund Rounds 1 and 2, the Local Drug Task Force Projects, Youth Information Centres and the Local Youth Club Grant Scheme are outlined hereunder.
Programme/Scheme | 2013 Allocation €m |
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Special Projects for Youth Scheme | 14.968 |
Youth Information Centres | 1.282 |
Youth Service Grant Scheme | 10.337 |
Young Peoples Facilities & Services Fund 1 | 5.905 |
Young Peoples Facilities & Services Fund 2 | 13.209 |
Local Youth Club Grant Scheme | 1.035 |
Local Drugs Task Force Scheme | 1.196 |
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