Written answers
Tuesday, 10 June 2025
Department of Education and Skills
Departmental Funding
Aidan Farrelly (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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554. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a breakdown of the youth affairs funding schemes and the funding allocated to each in 2025, in tabular form; the breakdown of the funding, per scheme, by county or other geographical basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29557/25]
Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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Arising from Budget 2025, €84.9m has been allocated for current and capital expenditure for the benefit of young people, an increase in funding of €7 million, or almost 9%, on the 2024 budget. Over the period from 2021 to 2025, the level of current Exchequer funding for youth services and programmes will have increased by over 34%.
Youth funding is administered on behalf of my Department by the 16 Education and Training Boards (ETBs) within each ETB functional area rather than on a county-by-county basis. A breakdown of the funding for 2025 under the various youth funding lines and grant schemes is provided in the tables below.
ETB Funding Allocations 2025 | UBU | UBU R+E | YIC | ETB Youth Grant | Migrant Integration | TYESI | LYCGS | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cavan and Monaghan ETB | €793,836 | €20,000 | €130,739 | €174,511 | €20,846 | €60,000 | €80,244 | €1,280,176 |
City of Dublin ETB | €17,212,369 | €139,212 | €113,819 | €1,197,648 | €38,936 | €148,884 | €391,667 | €19,242,535 |
Cork ETB | €3,809,799 | €46,463 | €145,223 | €409,639 | €101,833 | €65,000 | €315,402 | €4,893,359 |
Dublin and Dún Laoghaire ETB | €9,274,411 | €84,420 | €153,515 | €756,956 | €105,307 | €130,000 | €298,889 | €10,803,498 |
Donegal ETB | €754,313 | €20,000 | €157,563 | €138,576 | €64,095 | €60,000 | €89,439 | €1,283,986 |
Galway and Roscommon ETB | €2,595,280 | €38,027 | €57,961 | €307,683 | €70,924 | €60,000 | €191,137 | €3,321,012 |
Kerry ETB | €827,789 | €20,000 | €132,091 | €154,719 | €132,982 | €60,000 | €77,736 | €1,405,317 |
Kildare and Wicklow ETB | €2,042,318 | €34,186 | €115,922 | €250,993 | €63,616 | €60,000 | €228,194 | €2,795,229 |
Kilkenny and Carlow ETB | €1,226,931 | €20,000 | €57,961 | €289,023 | €27,794 | €60,000 | €90,275 | €1,771,984 |
Laois Offaly ETB | €460,334 | €20,000 | €0.00 | €138,580 | €43,129 | €60,000 | €99,191 | €821,234 |
Limerick and Clare ETB | €3,441,124 | €43,902 | €119,458 | €393,843 | €92,249 | €65,000 | €183,893 | €4,339,469 |
Longford and Westmeath ETB | €741,976 | €20,000 | €57,961 | €152,977 | €31,988 | €60,000 | €78,015 | €1,142,917 |
Louth and Meath ETB | €920,836 | €20,000 | €0.00 | €224,320 | €42,051 | €60,000 | €209,526 | €1,476,733 |
Mayo, Sligo and Leitrim ETB | €921,870 | €20,000 | €76,417 | €240,443 | €78,232 | €60,000 | €122,038 | €1,519,000 |
Tipperary ETB | €1,158,504 | €20,000 | €67,786 | €212,878 | €25,159 | €60,000 | €88,603 | €1,632,930 |
Waterford & Wexford ETB | €3,353,680 | €43,295 | €125,747 | €373,738 | €60,860 | €65,000 | €155,751 | €4,178,071 |
Total | €49,535,370 | €609,505 | €1,512,163 | €5,416,527 | €1,000,001 | €1,133,884 | €2,700,000 | €61,907,450 |
Summer Meals Programme 2025
| ETB | Allocation |
|---|---|
| City of Dublin ETB | €81,450.00 |
| Cavan Monaghan ETB | €28,115.00 |
| Cork ETB | €28,125.00 |
| Donegal ETB | €32,375.00 |
| Dublin and Dún Laoghaire ETB | €33,405.00 |
| Galway Roscommon ETB | €7,947.00 |
| Kerry ETB | €8,000.00 |
| Kilkenny Carlow ETB | €23,345.00 |
| Kildare Wicklow ETB | €28,200.00 |
| Longford Westmeath ETB | €28,270.00 |
| Louth Meath ETB | €32,581.00 |
| Limerick Clare ETB | €14,840.00 |
| Laois Offaly ETB | €22,464.00 |
| Mayo Sligo Leitrim ETB | €37,999.99 |
| Tipperary ETB | €27,560.00 |
| Waterford Wexford ETB | €27,125.00 |
| Total | €461,801.99 |
Capital Funding 2025
Upgrades to Playgrounds and Recreational Facilities* | €500,000 |
|---|---|
Capital funding for newly established UBU Your Place Your Space youth services and funding for national youth organisations to purchase equipment. | €500,000 |
Total Capital Funding 2025 | €1,000,000 |
Youth Services Grant Scheme: 2025 Allocation - €16,500m (€14.8m main scheme, €0.458m YSGS Pilot & €1.7m for other initiatives for national youth organisations).
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