Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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813. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his Department's budget for early intervention scheme in tabular form for the past three years. [32651/14]

James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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The Prevention and Early Intervention Programme was co-funded during 2007-2013 by the Department of Children and Youth Affairs (DCYA) and Atlantic Philanthropies (AP), to examine innovative and integrated ways to improve outcomes for children. Total funding of €36m was made available to the programme. It supported initiatives in three sites in Tallaght, Ballymun and Darndale. The three former PEIP sites have transitioned to the Area Based Childhood (ABC) Programme.

The Area-Based Childhood (ABC) Programme (2013-16) builds on and continuing the work of the Prevention and Early Intervention Programme. The initiative reflects the Programme for Government commitment to adopt an area-based approach to child poverty in co-operation with philanthropic partners, drawing upon best international practice and existing services, to break the cycle of child poverty where it is most deeply entrenched.

Atlantic Philanthropy is co-funding this Initiative. This will mean that the total amount of funding available in 2013-2016 will be €29.7m.

On 27 November 2013, the Department of Children and the Office of the Tánaiste announced that an additional nine areas have been selected to enter the design stage of the Area-Based Childhood (ABC) Programme 2013-2016 in line with the Programme for Government commitment above.

The following table records the level of expenditure for PEIP in 2012 and 2013 which were the final years of this programme. It also records the amount spent on the ABC Programme in 2013 and its budget for 2014.