Patrick Costello (Dublin South Central, Green Party)
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967. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the financial support provided by his Department to the St. John’s Ambulance service for 2020; and the estimated support for 2021 [33134/20]

Roderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party)
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My Department does not have a direct funding relationship with St John Ambulance.

St John Ambulance does not receive targeted funding for youth services from my Department nor does it receive funding as a national youth organisation under my Department’s Youth Services Grant Scheme.

However, there have been occasions when St John Ambulance youth groups have received funding from Education & Training Boards (ETBs) under schemes funded by my Department.

The awards process for the schemes, including decision, is handled by the various ETBs.

In this regard, an amount of €3,000 was awarded for 2020 to St John Ambulance Ongar via the Dublin & Dún Laoghaire ETB under the Local Youth Club Grant Scheme.

As awards made by ETBs under the scheme are done on a once-off annual basis without my Department's involvement, it is not possible to determine whether any youth club associated with St John Ambulance will seek funding from an ETB scheme in 2021.

However, in the interest of transparency, I am providing details of St John Ambulance youth clubs that have received funding from ETBs under the above scheme in the years since 2017.