Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 8 March 2017

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs

Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised)

10:40 am

Photo of Donnchadh Ó LaoghaireDonnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Cork South Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Yes, in view of the fact that family resource centres, for example, are directly funded by Tusla. Obviously, the funding of the schemes falls under a different programme not provided for under this head.

Chart 3 shows a 10% increase in expenditure for subhead A4, youth justice and children's detention centres. I understood the term "children's detention centres" would not longer be used. Obviously, capital expenditure was one of the major issues at the Oberstown campus where there was a lengthy snag list of more than 20 items, some of which were small while others were substantial. Does the Minister anticipate that a 10% increase in funding will be sufficient to address all the deficiencies in buildings and so forth at Oberstown?

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