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[Oireachtas] Dail Eireann debate. Written answer 176 - Youth services expenditure [5913/14]. (06 Feb 2014)

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176. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the per capita spending by her Department for youth services in each county in 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5913/14]

Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (Deputy Frances Fitzgerald): The Youth Affairs Unit of my Department administers a range of funding schemes, programmes and supports to the youth sector. In 2013, funding of €51.748m was provided to support the provision of youth services and programmes to young people throughout the country including those from disadvantaged communities. This includes €1.035m for the Local Youth Club Grant Scheme, under which 1,600 local youth clubs and 10,000 participants benefit each year. This funding is allocated by my Department to the Education and Training Boards (ETBs) on the basis of youth population numbers.

Targeted supports for disadvantaged, marginalised and at risk young people are provided through the Special Projects for Youth Scheme, the Young Peoples Facilities and Services Fund Rounds 1 and 2 and Local Drugs Task Force Projects. These funding schemes support national and local youth work projects and services provided by the voluntary youth work sector. It is estimated some 400,000 young people participate in the programmes and services which are provided by approximately 1,400 paid staff and 40,000 volunteers working in youth work services and communities throughout the country.

The funding for local youth projects and services throughout the country is administered on behalf of my Department, in the main, by the ETBs. A small number of other organisations also hold funding administration status.

A breakdown of the per capita spend per county is not readily available in my Department but details of the 2013 allocations to each funding administering body for local youth projects in their respective areas is set out as follows:

Administering Body	2013 Allocation
City of Dublin ETB	11,201,411
County Dublin and Dún Laoghaire ETB	6,659,045
City and County Cork ETB	2,573,257
City of Limerick and County Limerick and Clare ETB	1,564,216
Waterford and Wexford ETB	966,930
Co. Wicklow and Kildare ETB	912,613
Co. Kerry ETB	180,150
Co. Tipperary ETB	167,591
Co. Donegal ETB	353,463
Co. Longford and Westmeath ETB	212,856
Co. Louth and Meath ETB	50,995
Co. Cavan and Monaghan ETB	9,926
Co. Carlow and Kilkenny ETB	271,919
Co. Mayo, Sligo and Leitrim ETB	28,497
City and County Galway and Roscommon ETB	1,175,492

Dublin City Council	1,729,198
Dun Laoghaire/Rathdown County Council	387,083
Offaly County Council	43,894
Udarás na Gaeltachta	55,643
HSE – Sligo/Leitrim	44,812
HSE South, Waterford	1,029,491
FAI	349,243
An Síol Community Development Project, Dublin	47,124
ISPCC	45,441
Limerick GAA	45,441
Munster Rugby	45,441
Athlone Town Council	1,683

The following allocations were provided in respect of local projects throughout the country which are under the auspices of certain national youth organisations.

Youth Work Ireland	4,685,557
Crosscare (formerly Catholic Youth Care)	73,123
Involve (formerly National Association of Travellers Centres)	361,627
Foróige	45,441
ECO-UNESCO	68,162
YMCA	45,441

In addition, capital funding of €1.5m was provided in 2013 for the start-up of new Youth Cafés and thirty applications for Youth Cafés have been approved in locations throughout the country.

The notification of the 2014 allocations for local projects and services are being issued to the grant administering bodies by the Youth Affairs Unit of my Department this week.

Item Type

Dail Debates

Publication Type

Irish-related

Drug Type

All substances

Intervention Type

Policy

Source

Oireachtas

Date

6 February 2014