Anne Rabbitte (Galway East, Fianna Fail)
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275. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated cost of increasing the higher and normal rates of ECCE subvention by €5, €10, €15 and €20. [43954/19]

Katherine Zappone (Dublin South West, Independent)
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€297m euro has been allocated Early Childhood Care and Education programme in 2020.

The standard capitation rate for ECCE is currently €69 and the higher capitation rate is €80.25. The table outlines the annual cost of increasing the standard and higher capitation rates as per the specified increments:

Some supports available under the Access and Inclusion Model (AIM) are linked to ECCE capitation. Subsequently, any increase in ECCE rates may also have an impact on AIM expenditure.  Initial estimates indicate that AIM Level 7 supports will cost circa €26m in 2020. The following table captures the impacts the outlined ECCE increases would have on the estimated allocation for AIM Level 7 support costs in 2020.