Jennifer Whitmore (Wicklow, Social Democrats)
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821. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of expenditure provided to the childcare sector as part of the TWSCS from 6 April 2020 to 29 June 2020. [22290/20]

Roderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party)
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In order to support the sustainability of the Early Learning and Care and School-Age Childcare Sector my Department launched the Temporary Wage Subsidy Childcare Scheme (TWSCS). The TWSCS provided funding towards a portion of childcare services staff wages and overhead costs. The TWSCS operated from 6 April 2020 for a period of 12 weeks.

Over the course of this period it is estimated that the cost to the State of the TWSCS will be approximately €50 million. As with the Revenue operated Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme (TWSS), reconciliations are being finalised. It is anticipated that a final cost can be provided in the coming weeks.