Written answers

Tuesday, 6 October 2015

Department of Children and Youth Affairs

Child Care Services Provision

Photo of Robert TroyRobert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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466. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of persons on the AJ subvention band, that is, those who hold a medical card and currently work; and the number of these who wish to avail of the community child care subvention programme from a private creche. [34487/15]

Photo of James ReillyJames Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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The Community Childcare Subvention (CCS) programme provides funding to community childcare not-for-profit services to enable them to provide childcare at reduced rates to disadvantaged and low income working parents. Participating services qualify for funding on the basis of the level of service they provide and the profile of the qualifying parents eligible for support under the programme.

In the school year 2014/2015, 151 persons who were employed and holding a medical card qualified for support under the AJ Subvention Band of the CCS programme. The programme is only available in community not-for-profit childcare facilities and my Department is not aware of the number of parents who might wish to avail of the programme if it were available in private childcare facilities.

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