Written answers

Tuesday, 23 October 2018

Department of Children and Youth Affairs

Local Authority Funding

Photo of Peadar TóibínPeadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein)
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586. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the categories of funding available to local authorities through her Department; the amount of funding provided for each scheme in 2016 and 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43724/18]

Photo of Katherine ZapponeKatherine Zappone (Dublin South West, Independent)
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The types of funding available to local authorities from my Department primarily relate to youth programmes and services. In addition, my Department provides funding for national recreation and play funding, children participation activities and children and young people's services committees. 

The amount of funding in the period concerned is set out in tabular format below.

-2017 2016
Youth Programmes and Services €2,523,532 €2,457,812
Comhairle na nÓg €624,465 €662,849
Children and Young People's Services Committees €11,100 €104,368
National Recreation Week €42,500 €33,488
National Play Day €16,000 €14,102

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