Written answers

Tuesday, 19 November 2019

Department of Children and Youth Affairs

Early Years Sector

Photo of Shane CassellsShane Cassells (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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571. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the additional allocation of €1.5milllion provided in budget 2020 for early years supports; and the areas to which the funding will be directed in tabular form. [47125/19]

Photo of Shane CassellsShane Cassells (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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572. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the budget for the early years services supports; and the types of supports and associated cost with same in tabular form. [47126/19]

Photo of Katherine ZapponeKatherine Zappone (Dublin South West, Independent)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 571 and 572 together.

I am not familiar with the specific €1.5m increase that the Deputy has referred to. On Budget day I announced that €2.6m of additional funding had been secured to promote quality and support the delivery of the Early Years Learning and School Aged Childcare programmes.

This additional €2.6m was allocated to the following areas:

Description 2019Allocation€m 2020 Allocation€m 2020 Change in allocation€m
Better Start Early Years Specialists €7.9 €9.7 €1.8
CCC Administration €11.3 €11.8 €0.5
Childminding Initiatives €0.5 €0.9 €0.4
Workforce Development €0.0 €0.2 €0.2
Public Consultations (Consultation costs now captured at Subhead level) €0.1 €0.0 -€0.1
Delivery Supports (Reduction in relation to once-off expenditure in 2019) €0.3 €0.1 -€0.2
Totals €20.1 €22.7 €2.6

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