Anne Rabbitte (Galway East, Fianna Fail)
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1674. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated first and full-year cost of restoring the school completion programme to peak levels of funding. [35425/19]

Katherine Zappone (Dublin South West, Independent)
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The full-year cost of restoring the SCP to peak funding levels would be in the region of €7.3 million per annum.

Anne Rabbitte (Galway East, Fianna Fail)
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1675. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of school completion programmes in operation nationally; the number of children availing of such programmes; and the breakdown of such programmes by county in tabular form. [35426/19]

Katherine Zappone (Dublin South West, Independent)
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There are 124 School Completion Programmes nationally providing interventions to 69,775 children and young people to support attendance, participation and retention across School Completion Programme cluster schools.

The number of School Completion Programmes broken down by county is set out in the following table.

Anne Rabbitte (Galway East, Fianna Fail)
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1676. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of school completion programmes that were in operation nationally in 2009; the number of children availing of such programmes in 2009; and the breakdown of such programmes by county in tabular form. [35427/19]

Katherine Zappone (Dublin South West, Independent)
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There are 124 School Completion Programmes nationally providing interventions to 69,775 children and young people to support attendance, participation and retention across School Completion Programme cluster schools.

The number of School Completion Programmes broken down by county is set out in the following table.

Anne Rabbitte (Galway East, Fianna Fail)
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1677. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of staff employed in the school completion programme on a full-time, part-time and sessional basis to date in 2019; the number employed in 2009, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35428/19]

Katherine Zappone (Dublin South West, Independent)
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The School Completion Programme is a core programme under the DEIS programme and is one of three service strands under Tusla’s Educational Welfare Services (EWS) providing direct interventions to children and young people. Each year since the programme transferred to Tusla in 2014, €24.7m in funding has been allocated to the School Completion Programme projects nationally. There are 124 SCPs currently operating nationally.

The following table sets out the number of staff employed in SCPs .Figures are based on the most recent plans submitted by the 124 SCP’s.

Number of SCP Staff