Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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88. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the details of each State infrastructure project that is in development or is due for completion in 2019 which is in excess of the budget assigned to the project for its current stage to date. [39522/19]

Katherine Zappone (Dublin South West, Independent)
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At present there are no infrastructure projects underway within my Department that are in excess of of the budget assigned. The National Childcare Scheme is the key infrastructure project underway at present.  The development of this project has entailed a complex programme of work encompassing legislative, ICT, governance, administrative and communications work-streams. 

The Scheme will open to online applications on Wednesday 20th November, with subsidies flowing from the following Monday, 25th November. The paper based application will be available in early 2020.

The budget currently allocated to the scheme is €14.3m and the spend to date is approximately €12m.