Michael McCarthy (Cork South West, Labour)
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682. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide a breakdown of the funding allocations from the Department for Women's Aid services in each county in 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18827/14]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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There are three separate and distinct Women's Aid organisations funded by the Child and Family Agency which provide services in the area of domestic violence.

These are Carlow Women’s Aid, Dundalk Women’s Aid and Women’s Aid, Dublin. Funding is allocated to the organisations rather than on a per county basis.

Information provided by the Child and Family Agency with regard to funding in the period 2011 to date is set out below. Prior to the establishment of the Child and Family Agency on 1^stJanuary 2014 funding was provided to these organisations by the HSE and the former Family Support Agency.

Michael Kitt (Galway East, Fianna Fail)
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683. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the severe effects of Government cutbacks on community and scouting organisations; if she will detail the various funding provided for these services in 2014; if she will further provide the equivalent figures for the past five years; if she will provide the figures with regard to the City of Dublin Youth Service Board; if her attention has been drawn to the difficulties inflicted on local groups and the stress caused to local organisers trying to continue to cope with inadequate resources; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18902/14]

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. Targeted support for disadvantaged, marginalised and at risk young people are provided through the Special Projects for Youth Scheme, the Young People's Facilities and Services Fund, Rounds 1 and 2, Local Drugs Task Force Projects and certain other programmes such as the Local Youth Club Grant Scheme and Youth Information Centres. In addition, some 31 national and major regional youth work organisations, including Scouting Ireland, are supported under my Department's Youth Service Grant Scheme. The funding schemes support national and local youth work provision to some 380,000 young people and involve approximately, 1,400 youth work staff in 477 projects and 40,000 volunteers working in youth work services and communities throughout the country. In 2014, current funding of €49.78m has been provided to my Department for these schemes.

Funding is provided by my Department to the City of Dublin Youth Service Board (CDYSB) for the support of youth projects in the Dublin City area. CDYSB is in receipt of funding under the Special Projects for Youth Scheme (SPY), Young People’s Facilities and Services Fund Rounds 1 and 2 (YPFSF) and under the Local Drug Task Force (LDTF). Funding of €10.748m has been allocated to CDYSB in 2014 by my Department in respect of the support for almost 80 youth projects in Dublin City. In 2013, an amount of €11.167m was allocated.

Scouting Ireland receives grant aid on an annual basis under the Youth Service Grant Scheme. Details of the funding allocated to Scouting Ireland for the past five years are outlined hereunder.

I am aware of the challenges that the budgetary constraints raise for the youth services throughout the country and its impact on services such as Scouting Ireland. I, and officials of my Department have met and will continue to meet with many youth organisations and groups to try and see how we can work together to ensure the most effective and efficient use of the resources available in order to continue to support the provision of quality and responsive youth services for young people.