Anne Rabbitte (Galway East, Fianna Fail)
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As this question refers to service matters, I have asked the Health Service Executive (HSE) to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible. As the Deputy may be aware, the industrial action that commenced on Friday 6th October, by management and administrative grades in Fórsa Trade Union in the HSE, will impact on the response times to Parliamentary Questions and Representations.

Anne Rabbitte (Galway East, Fianna Fail)
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As this question refers to service matters, I have asked the Health Service Executive (HSE) to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible. As the Deputy may be aware, the industrial action that commenced on Friday 6th October, by management and administrative grades in Fórsa Trade Union in the HSE, will impact on the response times to Parliamentary Questions and Representations.

Roderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party)
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Since its establishment in 2020, my Department has provided a number of services that the Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown area has benefited from.

Early Years

The 2 tables below provide all the details of the funding for ELC for Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown for the period from 2020 to the end of the 2023/2024 programme year.

The 1st table gives the budgets for the programme calls listed, from the programme year 2019/2020 up to the programme year 2023/2024. The budgets for the 2023/2024 programme calls, which are in bold, are subject to change as these are live programme years.

ECCE funding nationally was lower in the programme year 2022-23 as ECCE Higher Capitation payments were subsumed in to the new Core Funding model.

The 2nd table relates to the County Childcare Committee funding information requested.

Youth services

Please see the breakdown below of additional resources that have been put in place in the Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown area covering 2020 – 2024.

Dublin and Dun Laoghaire Education & Training Board

My Department provides funding under a number of schemes administered through Education & Training Boards including Dublin and Dun Laoghaire Education and Training Board (DDLETB), which includes Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown as well as other parts of County Dublin.

Funding provided to DDLETB 2021 to 2023 is set out below. 2024 allocations have not been finalised.

Dublin and Dun Laoghaire ETB

Tusla Services

The Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown area forms part of the Tusla service area Dublin South East/Wicklow, as illustrated on Tusla’s website: www.tusla.ie/get-in-touch/local-area-offices/#DML

Since 2020, the following additional posts have been assigned to the DSE/W service area:

Tusla also fund a Domestic Violence Worker for the DSE region who is hosted by SONAS and a TLC Kidz post based with Barnardo’s in Ballyogan.

Tusla have also provided funding towards the’ DLR Lets Parent’ website and will be funding the staff costs of the new DLR Women’s Refuge once it is operational.

Tusla provide core funding to 5 Family Resource Centres in the Dun- Laoghaire /Rathdown area. This financial support is provided by way of a contribution towards the running costs of the centres, to cover the employment of two to three members of staff and some overhead costs. Funding with each FRC is agreed annually with Tusla Commissioning and Service Level Agreements are signed.

Following the recent agreement in November 2023 at the Work Relations Commission between the representatives of the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (DCEDIY), Department of Health and the Irish Congress of Trade Unions a pay increase of 8% for workers in Section 56's organisations, was awarded.

- An increase of 3% from 1st April-Oct 2023

- An increase of 2% from 1st November 2023

- An increase of 3% from 1st March 2024

This increase will be reflected in FRC 2024 Core Funding amounts in the first Quarter of 2024. Please see below funding each of the FRC’s receive, including any additional funding.