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

Contact centres are the point. I will ask the question again. The reference to family resource centres is because in some instances they have provided this service off their own bat. Contact centres exist primarily for facilitating Tusla referred supervised access visits. In any instances where there is a desire for a judge in a family court to direct for supervised access in circumstances other than where there is a child protection matter, Tusla is unwilling to fund it and Tusla believes it is a matter for the Courts Service if there is no child protection issue involved. It is a decision of the court but the facilities and the funding do not exist to satisfy that direction. I am very relaxed about who funds this but it is important. They believe it is the Courts Service which funds it and maybe it is a matter for Tusla. The discussion needs to be had between the two agencies.