Anne Rabbitte (Galway East, Fianna Fail)
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1076. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated cost of restoring the school completion programme to peak levels of funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3971/20]

Katherine Zappone (Dublin South West, Independent)
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The full-year cost of restoring the SCP to 2010 funding levels would be in the region of €7.3 million per annum.

An additional €1.24m was secured in Budget 2019 for the School Completion Programme. This funding is a once off funding to support SCP in their capacity to carry out preparatory work and support organisational development within the respective programmes in advance of the finalisation and implementation of the Policy Blueprint.