Anne Rabbitte (Galway East, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I welcome what the Minister has said. Support for the family resource centres has to be front and centre of what we are looking for from Tusla. From 2011 up to the previous budget, the centres endured a huge number of cuts. That has impacted on the service they deliver at a local level, which affects every family that requests their support, be it from the very young to the most vulnerable and the aged. They provide an outstanding service. I witness it myself in Loughrea family support centre, where the additional capitation means that they can now look forward to moving into a new centre and can cut down on the fundraising they were continuously doing. It is amazing how the little bit of funding directed in that way can support the family resource centres, the development workers and the extra capitation. Many families can benefit from that quality of care.

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