Written answers
Wednesday, 26 June 2019
Department of Children and Youth Affairs
Childcare Services Data
Tommy Broughan (Dublin Bay North, Independent)
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255. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the cost of the CCS programme and the CETS programme each year since 2016 to date in tabular form; the number of children in each scheme in each of the years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27135/19]
Katherine Zappone (Dublin South West, Independent)
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The table below outlines the cost of the CCS and CETS programme from 2016 to date.
The National Childcare Scheme (NCS), when introduced this October, will replace the CCS and TEC programmes with a single, streamlined scheme.
Recent analysis undertaken by the OECD has concluded that, when the NCS is introduced, the costs of Early Learning and Care and School-Age Childcare to parents will come closer to the OECD average. The NCS, in creating a flexible platform for future investment in funding, will allow subsidies to be expanded over time and further progress to be made.
| Programme Call | Paid 2016 | Paid 2017 | Paid 2018 | Paid 2019 | Total Paid 2016-2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Community Childcare Subvention 2016-2017 | 15,232,453.58 | 20,843,990.46 | 59,944.40 | 1,859.35 | 36,138,247.79 |
| Community Childcare Subvention 2017-2018 | - | 23,101,733.10 | 27,001,876.02 | -82,775.03 | 50,020,834.09 |
| Community Childcare Subvention 2018-2019 | - | - | 16,182,223.85 | 15,164,638.06 | 31,346,861.91 |
| TEC - Childcare Education and Training Support (CETS) 2016-2017 | 4,451,141.12 | 6,487,657.74 | 1,250.00 | -115.00 | 10,939,933.86 |
| TEC - Childcare Education and Training Support (CETS) 2017-2018 | - | 3,683,161.20 | 4,238,638.80 | -6,743.00 | 7,915,057.00 |
| TEC - Childcare Education and Training Support (CETS) 2018-2019 | - | - | 2,476,042.93 | 3,126,780.80 | 5,602,823.73 |
| Programme Call | No. of Unique Child Registrations |
|---|---|
| CETS 2016 | 3,500 |
| CETS 2017 | 2,540 |
| CETS 2018 | 1,873 |
| CETS Total | 7,913 |
| Programme Call | No. of Unique Child Registrations |
|---|---|
| CCS 2016 | 20,572 |
| CCS 2017 | 17,820 |
| CCS 2018 | 12,651 |
| CCS Total | 51,043 |
Tommy Broughan (Dublin Bay North, Independent)
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256. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the data she has available on the family make-up of those accessing the CCS and CETS programmes; if the number of lone parents using these childcare schemes is known; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27136/19]
Katherine Zappone (Dublin South West, Independent)
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My Department does not routinely collect data on the family make-up of children accessing childcare funding programmes.
Eligibility of the applying parent/guardian for the CCS programme is determined by their status with the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection.
CETS provides childcare to certain training course participants on courses provided by the Education and Training Boards (ETB, formerly FAS and VEC), specifically, courses run in training centres (formally FÁS training centres), ETB VTOS courses, and Secondary Schools students. The duration of CETS corresponds with the start and end dates stated on the eligibility letter.
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