Written answers

Thursday, 11 July 2019

Department of Children and Youth Affairs

Childcare Services Funding

Photo of Anne RabbitteAnne Rabbitte (Galway East, Fianna Fail)
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844. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of current and capital funding provided by her Department to professional associations of child minders, crèches, montessoris or other organisations over each of the past six years by organisation in tabular form. [30708/19]

Photo of Katherine ZapponeKatherine Zappone (Dublin South West, Independent)
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During the 2000s, when major capital investment was underway, there were concerns as to how quality could be incorporated into childcare services. In that manner, it was decided by my Department to fund a small number of National Voluntary Childcare Organisations (NVCOs) whose members consisted of childcare providers who had the ability to provide quality support within the sector. My Department currently provides funding through Pobal to seven NVCOs who provide support to and represent 4,500 early education and childcare service providers.

The supports provided by NVCOs include professional development training, information and mentoring on quality practice, guidance on national childcare funding programmes, and informing policy to improve standards in the early learning and care sector.

Since 2013 my Department has provided the following funding to these organisations:

VCO 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Barnardos 553,000 549,698 551,692 553,000 553,000 553,000
Border Counties Childcare Network*252,000 290,000 240,000
EECE and Play Early Childhood Ireland 1,229,999 1,978,200 1,246,311 1,190,000 1,229,500 1,190,000
Forbairt Naionra Teo 210,543 168,700 142,032
Irish Steiner Kindergarten Association 49,412 49,489 50,000 49,992 50,800 50,402
National Childhood Network 240,000 240,000 362,500
National Childminding Association of Ireland 335,372 340,000 340,000 340,000 335,305 340,000
National Parents Council of Ireland - Primary 28,572 61,500
St Nicholas Montessori Society 69,000 69,000 65,250 68,921 69,000 69,000

*Border Counties Childcare Network are now the National Childhood Network.

Photo of Anne RabbitteAnne Rabbitte (Galway East, Fianna Fail)
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845. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number and average value of child minder development grants provided by in the past ten years by year and county in tabular form. [30709/19]

Photo of Katherine ZapponeKatherine Zappone (Dublin South West, Independent)
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Officials in my Department are currently compiling the information as requested by the Deputy. This information will be supplied to the Deputy in no later than 10 working days. I have asked my officials to follow up on this to ensure delivery as a matter of urgency.

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