Anne Rabbitte (Galway East, Fianna Fail)
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1184. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children on a waiting list for an ECCE place by county. [13272/19]

Katherine Zappone (Dublin South West, Independent)
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My Department records the breakdown of childcare waiting lists by age cohort rather than by programme. In 2017/18, services reported a total of 173,197 children enrolled in early years services and 9,420 vacant places across Ireland. The table below presents the number of children enrolled and on a waiting list that are approximately within the ECCE eligible age range, as well as the number of vacant places by age cohort. Pre-school children (those aged 3+ to 5 years) represent the largest cohort of children attending childcare services, accounting for 59% of all children enrolled.

The table below details the breakdown of children enrolled, on a waiting list and the number of vacant places.

Anne Rabbitte (Galway East, Fianna Fail)
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1185. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of ECCE places by county, in tabular form. [13273/19]

Katherine Zappone (Dublin South West, Independent)
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My Department records the breakdown of childcare places by age cohort rather than by programme. In 2017/18, services reported a total of 173,197 children enrolled in early years services and 9,420 vacant places across Ireland. The table below presents the number of children enrolled and on a waiting list that are approximately within the Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) eligible age range, as well as the number of vacant places by age cohort. Pre-school children (those aged 3+ to 5 years) represent the largest cohort of children attending childcare services, accounting for 59% of all children enrolled across all age groups.

The below table represents the number of ECCE registrations by county for the current programme year 2018-19.