Joe O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I acknowledge and take the opportunity to thank all of those involved in CSP organisations. The past couple of years have been particularly challenging, and they have all stepped up to the plate. If the Deputy sends me more detail on the Blackrock situation, we can look into it. I do not know if appeal options were exhausted.

To outline what we have been doing in terms of boosting CSP funding in recent years, we put out the new call and kept things going during Covid. That also involved significant investment. The new model also cost us a little more. The minimum wage rise of €1.40 in last year's budget was also something we had to factor in for this year's budget. At the moment we are also looking at additional staff applications. Looking forward to budget 2025, we will also have to factor in some additional costs for organisations, which will come with the benefit of auto enrolment. With all of that in the mix we will certainly do our best for the organisations that are working hard.

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