Kathleen Funchion (Carlow-Kilkenny, Sinn Fein)
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395. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated cost to increase funding by 40% to national youth organisations. [38497/22]

Roderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party)
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The Youth Services Grant Scheme (YSGS) provides funding to national voluntary organisations with an interest in youth services or youth work. The 2022 YSGS allocation to the National Youth Organisations for 2022 is €12,886,600. The cost of a 40% increase on the 2022 funding allocation funded under the youth service grant scheme would be €5,154,640 approx.

There are 30 national and major regional voluntary organisations which receive annual funding for the growth and development of youth organisations with the aim of the social education of young people

The Youth Services Grant Scheme is currently in a reform process and is not open to applications from new organisations at this time.

Table 1 - YSGS Allocation to National Youth Organisations for 2022 & cost of 40% increase

Kathleen Funchion (Carlow-Kilkenny, Sinn Fein)
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396. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated cost of increasing funding by 33% to the local youth club grant scheme. [38498/22]

Roderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party)
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Funding allocated to the Local Youth Club Grant Scheme in 2022 was €2.5 million. A 33% increase in funding for this scheme would represent €832,500 approx.

Funding under the Local Youth Club Grant Scheme (LYCGS) is provided to Education and Training Boards to manage the development and provision of youth clubs locally.

This supports volunteer-led youth club/group activities at a local level. ETBs advertise the Scheme locally on an annual basis, outlining the purpose of the grant and the eligibility criteria. ETB administer funding allocations to clubs within their functional area. The annual funding allocation is distributed between the 16 ETBs based on the youth population of each ETB.

Table - Cost of Increasing Funding to Local Youth Club Grant Scheme by 40% based on funding provided in 2022.