Written answers

Wednesday, 17 September 2014

Department of Children and Youth Affairs

After-School Support Services

Photo of Tommy BroughanTommy Broughan (Dublin North East, Independent)
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722. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide an update on the number of children availing of the after school child care initiative with a breakdown on a county basis, including the number of children availing of the initiative in Dublin 3, 5, 13 and 17. [33334/14]

Photo of James ReillyJames Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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The After-School Child Care (ASCC) programme was introduced in October 2013 specifically to provide after-school care for primary school children for certain categories of working parents for a once-off period of 52 weeks.

A table giving the uptake figures for each City/County Childcare Committee region is below. Figures are not available separately for Dublin postal district areas.

After-School Child Care Programme

Figures for uptake in each City/County Childcare Committee Region

CCCChildren under ASCC
Carlow1
Cork County1
Clare3
Cavan3
Cork City4
Donegal8
DunLaoghaire1
Dublin South3
Dublin City6
Fingal7
Galway4
Kildare11
Kilkenny1
Kerry2
Laois2
Leitrim0
Limerick9
Longford0
Louth18
Mayo1
Meath2
Monaghan1
North Tipp1
Offaly3
Roscommon0
Sligo4
South Tipp4
Waterford1
Westmeath1
Wexford4
Wicklow0
Total Children106

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