Written answers
Wednesday, 22 January 2025
Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Departmental Data
Emer Currie (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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1201. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of childcare providers in Dublin West that are eligible for core funding; the number signed up for core funding in 2024 and 2025; the number that have applied for a fee adjustment for 2024 and 2025; the number of those successful, rejected or pending a decision; the number of creches that have appealed the decision, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46916/24]
Roderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party)
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Core Funding represents a significant increase in investment for the sector, with €259 million of funding paid directly to services in year 1 of the scheme (September 2022-August 2023) rising to €287 million in year 2 (September 2023-August 2024) and €331 million in year 3 (September 2024-August 2025).
Data on Core Funding uptake and the Fee Increase Assessment Process is available by City/County Childcare Committee level. Dublin City, Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown , Fingal and South Dublin.
The table below outlines the Core Funding uptake in Dublin City, Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown , Fingal and South Dublin for the 2024/2025 programme year.
AREA | SERVICES SIGNED UP TO CORE FUNDING | SERVICES ELIGIBLE FOR CORE FUNDING | UPTAKE |
---|---|---|---|
Dublin City | 384 | 437 | 88% |
Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown | 155 | 189 | 82% |
Fingal | 262 | 306 | 86% |
South Dublin | 203 | 229 | 89% |
TOTAL | 1004 | 1161 | 86% (Average) |
The table below outlined the number of providers, as of the 13 January 2025, that have applied for FIA 2024/2025; the number of those successful, rejected or pending a decision and the number that have appealed the decision.
Areas | Applications | Decisions sent | Successful | Rejected | Pending | Appealed |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fingal | 97 | 63 | 45 | 18 | 34 | 13 |
South Dublin | 80 | 65 | 44 | 21 | 15 | 3 |
Dublin City | 103 | 91 | 64 | 27 | 12 | 14 |
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown | 66 | 54 | 32 | 22 | 12 | 1 |
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