Written answers
Monday, 11 September 2017
Department of Children and Youth Affairs
Child and Family Agency Expenditure
Niamh Smyth (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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1658. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount Tusla has spent on community programmes by county in each of the years 2014 to 2016, and to date in 2017; and the spending on family resource centres, school completion and area based childhood ABC programs by county. [37720/17]
Katherine Zappone (Dublin South West, Independent)
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I can inform the Deputy that the information below is a breakdown of funding by the ABC Programme showing each county as requested. ABC is a four year time bound prevention and early intervention initiative which is co-funded between my Department and the Atlantic Philanthropies for the period of 2013-2017.
| ABC Programme | ABC Grant to 31/12/17 | Development Funding | Total | County |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Youngballymun | €5,635,090 | - | €5,635,090 | Dublin |
| Northside Partnership | €3,744,843 | - | €3,744,843 | Dublin |
| Tallaght West CDI | €4,926,750 | - | €4,926,750 | Dublin |
| Better Finglas | €1,328,927 | - | €1,328,927 | Dublin |
| Clondalkin Blueskies Initiative | €1,275,331 | €43,969 | €1,319,300 | Dublin |
| Ballyfermot Partnership | €818,126 | €25,686 | €843,812 | Dublin |
| DIT Grangegorman | €1,055,698 | €25,000 | €1,080,698 | Dublin |
| NCI Early Learning Initiative | €1,516,620 | - | €1,516,620 | Dublin |
| Genesis Programme | €1,790,529 | €12,850 | €1,803,379 | Louth |
| PAUL Partnership | €1,597,653 | €21,265 | €1,618,918 | Limerick |
| SPECS Bray | €838,000 | €6,804 | €844,804 | Wicklow |
| Young Knocknaheeny | €1,800,000 | €25,000 | €1,825,000 | Cork |
| Total Allocation to ABC Sites | €26,327,567 | €160,574 | €26,488,141 |
With regard to the School Completion Programme, the allocation for each of the years concerned has been €24.76m. Operational responsibility for the programme transferred to Tusla on its establishment in 2014.
I have referred the question to Tusla for direct response to the Deputy in relation to the remaining elements.
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