Written answers
Wednesday, 16 May 2018
Department of Children and Youth Affairs
Youth Services Funding
Tommy Broughan (Dublin Bay North, Independent)
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191. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 270 to 272, inclusive, of 31 May 2017, the allocation of expenditure to the various youth work programmes and schemes in 2018 in tabular form. [21551/18]
Katherine Zappone (Dublin South West, Independent)
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Budget 2018 provided an additional €1.5m in current funding to my Department to support the provision of these youth services. This will bring total current youth funding in 2018 to €58.9m. This additional funding has been used for programmes that target disadvantaged young people. The following table shows the 2018 allocations, broken down by funding line:
Fund | 2018 |
---|---|
Special Projects for Youth | €14,714,217 |
Young People's Facilities and Services Fund (Round 1) | €5,735,599 |
Young People's Facilities and Services Fund (Round 2) | €13,515,056 |
Local Drugs Task Force Projects | €1,218,639 |
Revised Youth Funding Scheme | €2,661,826 |
Targeted funds total | €37,845,337 |
Youth Information Centres | €1,377,060 |
Youth Service Grant Scheme | €10,658,170 |
Local Youth Club Grant Scheme | €2,313,924 |
Youth Officer Allocation and Technical Assistance | €3,620,092 |
LGBTI+ Youth Strategy | €400,000 |
Other National Youth Organisations and Youth Initiatives | €1,742,210 |
DCYA Policy and Support Programmes | €513,207 |
New Initiatives and other funding streams within Department | €425,000 |
Total | €58,895,000 |
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