Written answers

Monday, 9 September 2024

Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth

Early Childhood Care and Education

Photo of Ivana BacikIvana Bacik (Dublin Bay South, Labour)
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1385.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of early years education providers that have withdrawn from core funding in each month since its establishment; and the number of early years education providers that have withdrawn from core funding for a reason other than closure of the premises, in each month since its establishment, in tabular form.[34606/24]

Photo of Roderic O'GormanRoderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party)
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The number of services who remain open who have withdrawn from Core Funding since it launched in September 2022 are included in the table below. These figures do not include services who have since closed, or services who have received a new Service Reference Number due to a change in circumstance.

Month Number of services withdrawn
September 2022 2
April 2023 1
June 2023 1
August 2023 12
October 2023 1
November 2023 2
December 2023 3
March 2024 1
April 2024 1
May 2024 3
August 2024 6
These 12 services withdrew from the scheme before the beginning of the second programme year.

These 6 services withdrew from the scheme before the beginning of the third programme year.

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