Written answers
Tuesday, 3 December 2013
Department of Children and Youth Affairs
Youth Services Funding
Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Independent)
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371. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 623 of 19 November 2013 if she will account for €5.566 million of the €53.498 million stated to be provided for youth funding schemes considering the amount laid out for the youth funding schemes in the answer to said question only adds up to €47.932 million; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51304/13]
Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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My Department provides a range of funding schemes, programmes and supports to the youth sector. These include the Youth Service Grant Scheme, the Special Projects for Youth Scheme, the Young Peoples Facilities and Services Fund (Rounds 1 and 2), the Local Youth Club Grant Scheme, Youth Information Centres, Léargas – The Exchange Bureau, Gaisce – the President’s Award and a number of other programmes and initiatives including Child Protection, Youth Arts and Youth Health programmes and Co-operation Ireland.
The estimated expenditure for youth programmes and initiatives in 2013 is outlined hereunder.
| Programme/Scheme | 2013 Allocation €53.498m |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Capital Funding | 1.750 |
| Leargas – the Exchange Bureau and Gaisce – the President’s Award | 1.148 |
| Co-operation Ireland and Causeway Programmes | 0.089 |
| National Youth Health and Arts Programmes | 0.148 |
| Child Protection Programme within the NYCI | 0.096 |
| Programme and administration support cost including ETB Youth Officers and the national quality standards, | 2.335 |
| Total | 53.498 |
Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Independent)
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372. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 623 of 19 November 2013, the way the €1.75 million in capital funding has been distributed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51305/13]
Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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The Youth Affairs Unit of my Department supports the delivery of a range of youth work programmes and services for all young people, including those from disadvantaged communities, by the voluntary youth sector.
Total funding of €1.75 has been provided for a new capital funding programme for 2013. This includes €1.5m for youth cafés and €250,000 for play and recreation facilities for young people.
Details of the funding allocations to individual projects for the support of new youth cafés and also the funding for play and recreation facilities will be announced shortly.
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