Mr. Bernard Gloster:

Generally, the FRCs do not get capital funding from us. They might get very small, minor grants but capital funding specific to FRCs is not available. Many of them grew up out of local initiatives and might have started in a local authority building, if one was available. What I generally try to do with the family resource programme is to encourage a multi-agency approach in the State. If we put up the money to staff the FRC, I would also have a clear expectation that organisations such as the local authority, the HSE, and the Department of Social Protection would consider what possibilities they have to support it because such centres are supposed to be multi-agency and multifactorial. They are not just in the children and family space. There are no easy answers to the question on capital funding. I have not personally heard of an FRC that is on the brink.