Niamh Smyth (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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1660. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the investment by her Department since March 2016 in counties Cavan, Monaghan and Meath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37723/17]

Katherine Zappone (Dublin South West, Independent)
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The Deputy might note that my Department provides funding under a range of programmes and schemes including Early Years, Early Childhood Care and Education, Youth Affairs and Participation. Details of funding provided directly by my Department to counties Cavan, Monaghan and Meath in the specified period are set out in the table. As some programmes issue funding by way of an annual grant, it is not possible to proportion it out from March 2016 onwards.

In reviewing the investment figures provided, the Deputy might also note that funding was provided as part of the Local Youth Club Grant Scheme, Capital Funding, Youth Work Function and the Youth Employee Initiative to Louth and Meath Education Training Boards (ETB) and Cavan and Monaghan ETB in the specified period. The distribution of funding between ETB counties is not available to my Department.

In addition, €0.02m was provided to Cavan/Monaghan CYPSC in November, 2016. Cavan/Monaghan CYPSC was separated into Cavan CYPSC and Monaghan CYPSC in 2017. Accordingly, the funding provided to both Cavan CYPSC and Monaghan CYPSC in 2017 is included in the figures for Cavan and Monaghan.