Denise Mitchell (Dublin Bay North, Sinn Fein)
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572. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated cost of increasing the higher and lower capitation grants under the ECCE scheme by €5, €10, €15 and €20 per child, per week in tabular form. [23662/18]

Katherine Zappone (Dublin South West, Independent)
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The ECCE capitation rates are currently as follows:

The following table outlines the additional cost of increasing both ECCE capitation rates by the specified amounts from September 2018:

The Department of Children and Youth Affairs secured a 7% increase in ECCE capitation rates in Budget 2018. This increase will come into effect from September 2018, with rates thereafter totalling €69 for Standard capitation and €80.25 for Higher capitation.