Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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516. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the way in which a project (details supplied) in Dublin 11 is funded by her Department; when she last visited the project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3795/19]

Katherine Zappone (Dublin South West, Independent)
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The project referred to by the Deputy receives funding from my Department through the Community Childcare Subvention (CCS) and Community Childcare Subvention Plus (CCSP) programmes. In addition, the project also receives funding from Tusla under the School Completion Programme (SCP).

The CCS Programme is a childcare programme targeted to support parents on a low income to avail of reduced childcare costs at participating community childcare service. The CCSP Programme provides support for certain parents to avail of reduced childcare costs at participating privately owned childcare services and also at community not-for-profit childcare services. The project is one of 830 childcare services in contract with my Department to deliver the CCS programme, and one of 3,132 childcare services in contract with my Department to deliver the CCSP programme.

The SCP programme focuses on targeting and providing supports to young people identified to be most at risk of early school leaving. There are currently 124 SCP projects covering 467 primary schools and 244 post primary schools.

The project last had a Ministerial visit in July 2015.