Fiona O'Loughlin (Kildare South, Fianna Fail)
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482. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason an application by an organisation (details supplied) was refused. [28928/18]

Katherine Zappone (Dublin South West, Independent)
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The number of applications for the 2018 Early Years and School Age Childcare Capital Programmes was particularly high with over 1,900 applications received. All applications were appraised in a fair, thorough and impartial manner by Pobal on behalf of the Department.

Due to the high demand for capital funding and the particularly strong standard of applications received, many services who submitted quality applications unfortunately did not receive an offer of funding. I regret that on this occasion the application by the service in question did not result in an offer for funding.

All applicants who were unsuccessful have the opportunity to request a call-back on their capital application from Pobal, who can provide them with feedback and guidance on their application. All applicants who were unsuccessful can also request to have their application reviewed.

I note from the details supplied that the service you reference have applied for a review. I hope they derive benefit from this process and wish them the best of luck in the future.