Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

On the Estimates, if one Minister is saying this new agency will have to absorb a portion of the deficit, where will that absorption take place? The Minister has rightly said that the overall allocation has increased this year. It has increased this year as a result of the amalgamation of the services. The Family Support Agency and the National Education Welfare Board have come under the remit of the new Child and Family Agency. That is why there is an increase.