Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I hope I have impressed upon the Minister the need not to proceed with these developments. Even though they are large-scale organisations, a cut of 3% can be the difference between staying open one day and closing. The same applies to Bradóg in the north inner city, which faces a cost of 14%, and Sphere 17 in Darndale, which faces a cut of €122,000. For any organisation, that would be a huge cut and means fewer jobs and services. The cumulative effect in my constituency amounts to almost €500,000, not including the Focus Ireland cut. It is substantial in respect of youth services in one constituency. This is taking place on top of cuts to child benefit, maternity benefit, DEIS schools and special needs assistants and tax increases. In the past, money might have been found by appealing to parents to contribute an extra donation but they cannot do so now. Services have changed work practices to accommodate changes to funding but organisations cannot take any more cuts on the scale suggested.

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