Written answers
Tuesday, 19 November 2019
Department of Children and Youth Affairs
Early Years Sector
Shane 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]
Shane 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]
Katherine 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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