Dáil Éireann Debate, Monday - 11 September 2023
1425. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of applications from counties Cavan and Monaghan for the building blocks improvement grant; and the number of those in each county that were successful, in tabular form. [38374/23]
Amharc ar fhreagraMy Department has allocated €9m in 2023 for The Building Blocks - Improvement Grant for Early Learning and Care (ELC) and School Age Childcare (SAC) facilities. Grants range from €35,000 to €75,000 across two separate strands: Green Energy and Retrofit. Services that signed up for the Core Funding Scheme were eligible for funding under the scheme.
Overall, 946 services submitted applications, out of a total eligible cohort of 4,200 services, which have signed up to Core Funding. In total, 151 services have been offered funding under the scheme.
I am advised that in total, 18 applications were submitted to the Building Blocks Improvement Grant from providers in County Cavan. Of this number, 3 were successful. A further 17 applications were submitted to the Building Blocks Improvement Grant from providers in County Monaghan. Of this number, 4 were successful.
The table below provides a detailed breakdown of applications from Counties Cavan and Monaghan per strand of the Building Block Improvement Grant for 2023:
|
Strand A Green Energy (Submitted Applications) |
Strand B Retrofit (Submitted Applications) |
Total Submitted Applications |
Strand A (Successful) |
Strand B ( Successful) |
Total Successful Applications |
|
|
Cavan |
4 |
14 |
18 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
|
Monaghan |
11 |
6 |
17 |
4 |
0 |
4 |
