Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
Link to this: Individually | In context

Question 268: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the level of funding which has been cut from the budget of the family resource centres here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32015/09]

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
Link to this: Individually | In context

Question 269: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will commit to fully supporting the work of the family support agency in providing family mediation services and the family and community services resource centre programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32016/09]

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
Link to this: Individually | In context

Question 270: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her views on the suggested cutbacks proposed in the report of the Special Group on Public Service Numbers and Expenditure Programmes to the family support agency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32017/09]

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
Link to this: Individually | In context

Question 271: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a 70% loss in funding would be suffered by family resource centres if the proposed cuts in the Special Group on Public Service Numbers and Expenditure Programmes Report were implemented; her views on whether such cuts would have a detrimental effect on the centres ability to provide services to service users; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32018/09]

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
Link to this: Individually | In context

Question 275: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will commit to undertaking a consultation process with the National Forum of Family Resource Centres and the Family Support Agency before making any cutbacks to their budgets; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32055/09]

Jimmy Deenihan (Kerry North, Fine Gael)
Link to this: Individually | In context

Question 301: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will confirm that there are no plans to close family resource centres here in view of the vital services that are being provided by these centres especially for those who are unemployed, on lower incomes and single parents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32540/09]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
Link to this: Individually | In context

I propose to take Questions Nos. 268 to 271, inclusive, 275 and 301 together.

The Report of the Special Group on Public Service Numbers and Expenditure Programmes made a range of recommendations relating to the Department of Social and Family Affairs including recommendations relating to the Family Support Agency and its programmes. The Department will consider, as part of the Estimates and budgetary process for 2010, the Report's recommendations and decisions on all of the issues arising will be a matter for Government. It would not be appropriate for me to comment further at this stage pending the outcome of these deliberative processes.

However, I have held discussions with representatives from the Family Support Agency and the Family Resource Centre National Forum regarding this matter.