Written answers
Tuesday, 10 July 2018
Department of Children and Youth Affairs
Early Childhood Care and Education Expenditure
Denise Mitchell (Dublin Bay North, Sinn Fein)
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837. 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, respectively; and the further estimated cost of extending its duration by 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12 weeks, respectively in tabular form. [30696/18]
Katherine Zappone (Dublin South West, Independent)
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Officials from my Department have based the below calculations on the capitation levels that will exist from September this year when the 7% increase in ECCE capitation promised in Budget 2018 will come into effect.
The estimates are based on the Department’s forecasted level of registrations in the 2018/19 academic year of 114,000 children.
The September 2018 estimated cost of ECCE is €309.7m. Each additional two weeks of ECCE, at September 2018 capitation rates, would cost €16.3m.
The additional cost of the maximum scenario presented in the question (an additional 12 weeks at an increase of €20 capitation per child per week) would be €207m.
The table below, Table A, describes what the September 2018 capitation is per child, per week, and what it would change to with €5, €10, €15 and €20 increases. (The final blended rate is used for calculations in the final table, Table B.)
Existing/Sept 2018 Capitation Rate | Proposed increase in capitation rates €5 | Proposed increase in capitation rates €10 | Proposed increase in capitation rates €15 | Proposed increase in capitation rates €20 | |
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Standard Cap | €69 | €74 | €79 | €84 | €89 |
Higher Cap | €80.25 | €85.25 | €90.25 | €95.25 | €100.25 |
Blended rate | €74.40 | €79.40 | €84.40 | €89.40 | €94.40 |
The following table, Table B, sets out the cost of the four proposed enhanced capitation levels, together with the costs for additional weeks.
Table B
Plus 2 weeks | Plus 4 | Plus 6 | Plus 8 | Plus 10 | Plus 12 | ||
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Weeks per year | 38 | 40 | 42 | 44 | 46 | 48 | 50 |
7% increase w.e.f. Sept | €309.7m | €326m | €342.3m | €358.6m | €374.9m | €391.2m | €407.5m |
Additional €5 (using blended rate for all scenarios) | €330.5m | €347.9m | €365.3 | €382.7 | €400.1 | € 417.5 | €434.9 |
Additional €10 | €351.3m | €369.8 | €388.3 | €406.8 | €425.3 | € 443.8 | €462.3 |
Additional €15 | €372.2m | €391.7 | €411.3 | €430.9 | €457.5 | € 470 | €489.6 |
Additional €20 | €393m | €413.7 | €434.3 | €455 | €475.7 | € 496.3 | €517 |
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