Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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771. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on the sustainability fund; the criteria for inclusion in the interventions to assist community and not-for-profit child care services announced as a consequence of budget 2017; and when it will be rolled out. [37187/16]

Katherine Zappone (Dublin South West, Independent)
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In Budget 2017 provision was made for a fund of €1m to assist in the investigation of sustainability issues being faced by childcare providers, and to develop a policy to guide any future interventions. This initiative is at an early stage and officials will commence work in this regard in early 2017. At present there is no fund in place that would provide additional funding to services beyond the funding to which they are entitled through the various childcare funding programmes operated by my Department.