Joe McHugh (Donegal North East, Fine Gael)
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152. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide a breakdown of all funding allocated to youth projects and preschools in County Donegal for years 2011, 2012 and 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18221/14]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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My Department administers a range of funding schemes and programmes to support the provision of youth services to young people throughout the country including those from disadvantaged communities. These schemes include the Youth Service Grant Scheme under which funding is provided to support 31 national and major regional youth organisations. Targeted supports for disadvantaged, marginalised and at risk young people are provided through the Special Projects for Youth Scheme, the Young Peoples Facilities and Services Fund, Rounds 1 and 2, Local Drugs Task Force Projects and certain other programmes including the Local Youth Club Grant Scheme and Youth Information Centres. In 2014, current funding of €49.78m has been provided to my Department for these schemes. Co. Donegal Education and Training Board (ETB) is one of a number of bodies (in the main these are the ETBs) that administer funding for youth services on behalf of my Department.

Details of the funding allocated to youth work projects and services in Co. Donegal for the years 2011 to date are outlined hereunder.

The 2014 allocations for the Local Youth Club Grant Scheme are being finalised by my Department and it is anticipated that notification will be available for the ETBs by early summer.

In addition, under the 2013 Youth Café Programme, capital funding has been approved for two new youth café facilities in Co. Donegal as follows:-

Information concerning pre-schools in Co. Donegal is not readily available. I will arrange for this information to be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as possible.