Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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1152. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the grounds on which an application was not granted as part of the Capital Programme 2018 - EYC 2018 strand 1 in the case of a person (details supplied); the procedure to be followed in respect of an appeal of the decision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25203/18]

Katherine Zappone (Dublin South West, Independent)
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Significant efforts were made this year to announce the successful applications for the Early Years and School Age Childcare Capital programmes earlier in the year to facilitate works over the summer. The appraisal process for applications has now been completed.

Over 1,900 applications for funding were received by the closing date of Wednesday 14th March 2018. All applications were appraised in a fair, thorough and impartial manner by Pobal on behalf of the Department.

I regret to say that on this occasion, Cadamstown Montessori's application under Early Years Strand 1 did not result in an offer of funding.

The competition for the capital programme this year was particularly strong and regrettably this meant that many high quality applications fell short of the mark required to access the available funding.

Services that were not successful have been informed that they can phone Pobal and request a call-back on their application. Pobal will provide them with feedback and guidance on their application, including what steps to take if they wish to have their application formally reviewed. Information on this process was included in the correspondence sent to providers by Pobal following capital decisions.