Emer Currie
Question:401. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of ECCE-only services nationally and by county in the years 2020 to 2025, inclusive. [50509/26]
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The table below shows the total number of ECCE-only services, compiled by county and programme year from 2020/2021 to 2025/2026.
Number of ECCE-Only Services for Each Programme Year from 2020/21 –2025/26
|
County Division |
2020/2021 |
2021/2022 |
2022/2023 |
2023/2024 |
2024/2025 |
2025/2026 |
|
Cork* |
185 |
188 |
146 |
117 |
113 |
100 |
|
County Carlow |
10 |
12 |
10 |
9 |
7 |
7 |
|
County Cavan |
11 |
11 |
8 |
8 |
8 |
7 |
|
County Clare |
47 |
54 |
46 |
37 |
38 |
33 |
|
County Donegal |
35 |
42 |
20 |
14 |
15 |
15 |
|
County Galway |
53 |
61 |
44 |
35 |
30 |
34 |
|
County Kerry |
38 |
44 |
35 |
33 |
27 |
25 |
|
County Kildare |
69 |
67 |
54 |
50 |
47 |
38 |
|
County Kilkenny |
29 |
29 |
25 |
24 |
23 |
20 |
|
County Laois |
20 |
16 |
17 |
12 |
14 |
16 |
|
County Leitrim |
1 |
5 |
4 |
3 |
4 |
4 |
|
County Limerick |
64 |
67 |
54 |
55 |
49 |
39 |
|
County Longford |
6 |
6 |
6 |
5 |
6 |
5 |
|
County Louth |
30 |
31 |
23 |
22 |
20 |
18 |
|
County Mayo |
44 |
43 |
37 |
31 |
28 |
27 |
|
County Meath |
80 |
77 |
68 |
63 |
55 |
53 |
|
County Monaghan |
6 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
|
County Offaly |
25 |
26 |
23 |
21 |
20 |
20 |
|
County Roscommon |
10 |
11 |
7 |
5 |
2 |
2 |
|
County Sligo |
20 |
21 |
19 |
16 |
14 |
9 |
|
County Tipperary |
39 |
39 |
27 |
20 |
22 |
21 |
|
County Waterford |
35 |
35 |
24 |
21 |
18 |
16 |
|
County Westmeath |
18 |
19 |
13 |
12 |
12 |
12 |
|
County Wexford |
34 |
30 |
26 |
25 |
23 |
23 |
|
County Wicklow |
65 |
64 |
55 |
48 |
38 |
34 |
|
Dublin City |
100 |
92 |
62 |
55 |
43 |
38 |
|
Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown |
78 |
71 |
27 |
25 |
23 |
17 |
|
Fingal |
106 |
107 |
80 |
78 |
67 |
57 |
|
South Dublin |
70 |
63 |
50 |
44 |
38 |
37 |
|
National total |
1328 |
1336 |
1011 |
889 |
806 |
729 |
*Cork City and Cork County have been combined into a single category to account for boundary changes introduced in 2022.
All the above figures have been provided by the ECCE Scheme Administrator as at 30/06/2026.
Please note that service counts are based on activity at any point within a programme year and therefore include services that may have opened or closed during that period. These figures should not be interpreted as the number of services operating at a single point in time.