Kathleen Funchion (Carlow-Kilkenny, Sinn Fein)
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647. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the fire safety grant is still open and available to providers; the breakdown of funding allocated and funding drawn down in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50852/21]

Roderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party)
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In January 2021, I launched a capital funding programme to make fire safety grants available to early learning and childcare services.  The purpose of the grants, which were between €1, 000 and €10, 000,  was to support services to carry out remedial works required to receive a Fire Safety Certificate. The closing date for applications was 2 March 2021, with all spending to be completed by 30 November 2021.

My Department received 638 applications for a total of  €4,991,963 in funding under the fire safety grant programme.  €4,689,904 has been paid up to 15 October 2021.