Written answers
Wednesday, 28 February 2018
Department of Children and Youth Affairs
Early Childhood Care and Education Data
Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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206. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of creches in the early childhood care and education, ECCE, scheme, by county; if her attention has been drawn to the number of creches by county that refused to join the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10331/18]
Katherine Zappone (Dublin South West, Independent)
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Below are the services with contracts issued under Early Childhood Care and Education scheme (ECCE) in 2017/18 listed by county:
| County | Services in Contact |
|---|---|
| Carlow | 50 |
| Cavan | 60 |
| Clare | 130 |
| Cork | 442 |
| Donegal | 141 |
| Dublin | 1111 |
| Galway | 252 |
| Kerry | 126 |
| Kildare | 194 |
| Kilkenny | 95 |
| Laois | 77 |
| Leitrim | 29 |
| Limerick | 173 |
| Longford | 33 |
| Louth | 112 |
| Mayo | 120 |
| Meath | 198 |
| Monaghan | 57 |
| Offaly | 72 |
| Roscommon | 54 |
| Sligo | 65 |
| Tipperary | 157 |
| Waterford | 90 |
| Westmeath | 77 |
| Wexford | 134 |
| Wicklow | 162 |
| Grand Total | 4211 |
The total number of service providers that have signed up to deliver the ECCE scheme is 4211. There is no obligation on service providers to join the scheme and my Department does not record statistics on the services that decide not to join. It should also be noted that some services may not be eligible to provide ECCE, (eg. an afterschool only service) while other services may opt to provide one of the other childcare subvention schemes only.
I would advise any service provider with queries about the ECCE scheme to contact their local City and County Childcare Committee for further information.
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