Eoin Hayes (Dublin Bay South, Social Democrats)
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472. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the annual funding for youth services in Dublin City across all Departments from 2000, or latest available data to 2025 or most recent available data; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62007/25]

Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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The Department of Education and Youth, through various funding streams, continues to support youth services that provide vital developmental opportunities for young people across Dublin City. Youth funding is provided by the department through the City of Dublin Education and Training Board (CDETB), which plays a central role in coordinating and delivering youth services across the city. Since 2019, funding allocated by this department to youth services in the ETB area has increased by approximately 25.29%, rising from €16.17 million in 2019 to €20.26 million in 2025. This reflects our ongoing commitment to strengthening youth work provision and responding to the evolving needs of young people.

Youth funding allocations made available to City of Dublin Education and Training Board over the period 2016 to 2025 is provide in the table below:

* Before 2019, CDETB managed all funding allocations for Youth Work Ireland and Involve, redistributing these funds to other ETBs nationwide. In 2019, this process changed: funding for these programs is now allocated directly to each ETB, reducing CDETB’s overall share. For context, between 2018 and 2019, CDETB’s funding decreased by €3,609,649 for Youth Work Ireland and €389,037 for Involve—amounts now distributed to other ETBs. This explains the apparent drop in CDETB’s allocation.