Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 1 December 2020
531. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children that have applied for an ECCE overage exemption; the number of children whose applications have been successful; and the number of children that have been unsuccessful for the overage exemption by county in tabular form. [39823/20]
View answerMy Department does not routinely record overage exemptions applications by county.
The table below outlines the number of overage exemption applications approved and the number declined since the 2017/18 programme year.
|
Programme year |
Number Approved |
Number Declined |
|
2017/18 |
533 |
20 |
|
2018/19 |
475 |
40 |
|
2019/20 |
534 |
81 |
|
2020/21 (to date) |
451 |
101 |
