Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance)
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156. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the average estimated cost of recruiting four youth workers, one team leader and an administration person in the youth work sector for one year. [25727/20]

Roderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party)
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Funding from my Department in respect of funded youth organisations is designed as a contribution towards a particular service being provided. My Department does not have a role in determining salaries or other related costs for a particular service, and there are no nationally recognised salary scales on which to draw.

The cost of setting up a service will vary depending on the nature of the service being provided and if it were a new service or an augmentation of an existing service. In addition other recruitment factors that would be taken into account include experience and relevant qualifications.

In preparation for the roll out of the targeted youth funding scheme, UBU Your Place Your Space, a number of pilot projects were established. Based on the experience of establishing these services, it would suggest a service of the type described by the Deputy in his question may cost in the region of €200,000 to €300,000 per annum.