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Wednesday, 22 January 2025

Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth

Departmental Data

Photo of Emer CurrieEmer 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]

Photo of Roderic O'GormanRoderic 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 Fee Increase Assessment (FIA) process commenced on 1 August 2024. The process closed for applications on the 29 November 2024 and in the interest of fairness, providers are also given the right to a review or appeal. My Department is still working through applications and appeals, therefore it is not possible to give the final number of applications approved for an increase.

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
*Please Note: The applications number is the amount of services who fully completed their application and does not include services who only declared an interest, or self-declaration form.

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