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Tuesday, 2 October 2018

Department of Children and Youth Affairs

Youth Services Data

Photo of Fiona O'LoughlinFiona O'Loughlin (Kildare South, Fianna Fail)
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556. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of youth centres open in County Kildare; the details of each centre; and the amount of funding provided to each. [39625/18]

Photo of Katherine ZapponeKatherine Zappone (Dublin South West, Independent)
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My Department administers a range of funding schemes and programmes which provide funding to youth organisations and projects in County Kildare.

In 2018, an amount of €539,283 was allocated for projects and services under Kildare Youth Services, which operates under Youth Work Ireland. My Department provides funding to Kildare Youth Services under the Special Projects for Youth Scheme in respect of six local youth projects in Athy, Naas, Leixlip, Newbridge, the Curragh and Kildare town and a Youth Information Centre in Naas.

The Hive Youth Hub is located in the centre of Kildare town and is a dedicated youth space for young people and funding was provided by my Department in 2013 for the development of a youth café.

In 2017, over a hundred clubs in Kildare and Wicklow received funding under the Local Youth Club Grant Scheme which supports youth work activities at a local level. Funding of €126,545 has been provided to Kildare Wicklow Education and Training Board for this initiative in 2018.

In addition, I was pleased to approve the establishment of a capital grant scheme in 2018 for targeted staff led youth projects and services across the country. Kildare Youth Service received funding of €11,272. under this initiative.

Funding of €12,500 has recently been provided to Kildare Wicklow Education and Training Board to identify youth services currently available to the young LGBTI+ young people in Kildare and Wicklow and will also to provide grant assistance to youth services in County Kildare to increase contact hours with LGBTI+ young people.

Photo of Fiona O'LoughlinFiona O'Loughlin (Kildare South, Fianna Fail)
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557. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of youth centres open in County Laois; the status of each centre; and the amount of funding provided to each. [39626/18]

Photo of Katherine ZapponeKatherine Zappone (Dublin South West, Independent)
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My Department administers a range of funding schemes and programmes which provide funding to youth organisations and projects in County Laois.

In 2018, an amount of €89,203 was allocated for the projects and services under Laois Youth Service, which operates under Youth Work Ireland. My Department provides funding to Youth Work Ireland Laois (YWI Laois) which has an administrative centre and youth café in Portlaoise town centre under the Special Projects for Youth Scheme.

YWI Laois also supports youth clubs and groups across the county in Ballinakill, Emo, Vicarstown, Barrowhouse, Rathdown and Portarlington. Funding of €55,165 was provided to Laois Offaly Education and Training Board in 2018 under the Local Youth Club Grant Scheme to support youth activities at a local level.

The Graiguecullen Youth Project is administered by Carlow Regional Youth Service but is available to young people on the Laois border, particularly from Arles and Killeshin. This project received funding of €82,743 under the special projects for youth scheme in 2018.

In addition, I was pleased to approve the establishment a capital grant scheme in 2018 for targeted staff led youth projects and services across the country. YWI Laois received funding of €17,578 under this initiative.

Funding of €10,000 has recently been provided to Laois Offaly Education and Training Board to identify youth services currently available to the young LGBTI+ young people in Laois and Offaly and will also to provide grant assistance to youth services in County Laois to increase contact hours with LGBTI+ young people.

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