Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Dr James Reilly TD, has announced that almost €7 million in capital funding has been allocated to 2,415 grantees, with 60 childcare centres receiving funding in the North County.

A total of €5 million of the grant funding was made available specifically for community/not for profit childcare services, while the other €2 million was made available to both private and community/not for profit childcare facilities to access grants for quality improvement measures, specifically in the area of upgrading IT facilities.
Balbriggan Community Childcare and Ros-Eo Community Childcare Centre in Rush both received funding for quality improvement measures coupled with 58 other childcare centres across the North County, receiving an upgrade to their current ICT equipment.
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