Paul McAuliffe (Dublin North-West, Fianna Fail)
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571. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if consideration will be given to extending the building blocks grant scheme or creating a separate application for projects which exceed the maximum grant amount allowed. [4731/25]

Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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Some €25m in capital funding has been made available this year under the Building Blocks Extension Grant Scheme. The primary focus of the scheme is to increase capacity in the 1–3-year-old, pre-ECCE, age range for full day care.

Applications for this scheme have now closed and an appraisal process has begun. I expect to announce the outcome of the application process in March.

My Department does not currently have further voted expenditure for any further capital scheme.

The approach to capital investment in future is being considered in the context of the Programme for Government commitments.