Jennifer Murnane O'Connor (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

A few months ago, I attended a meeting with the Minister and Carlow County Council. We spoke about a community hub in Carlow on the Tullow Road. I raise this tonight because the organisation that will be the main tenant in the hub, Carlow Regional Youth Services, receives €130,000 in annual funding from Tusla to provide a range of services to children and young people in the area. There is also need for childcare facilities but this seems to be falling between three stools or Departments, namely, the Departments of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Social Protection, and Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth. I am looking for funding for this organisation. As I said, the main tenant in the hub will be Carlow Regional Youth Services and I ask the Minister to consider providing funding for it.

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