Jack Wall (Kildare South, Labour)
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Question 136: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her plans to reduce the number of employees of family resource centres from three; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32640/09]

Jack Wall (Kildare South, Labour)
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Question 137: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her plans to abolish the Family Support Agency; the reason for such a decision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32641/09]

Jack Wall (Kildare South, Labour)
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Question 138: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her plans to amalgamate family resource centres; if, in seeking to determine such, she has had meetings with the Department of Community Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs as to the effect such a proposal would have on the communities of the localised areas where the centres were placed in the original determination; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32642/09]

Jack Wall (Kildare South, Labour)
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Question 139: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if an assessment of the value to community life of the family resource centres has been instigated or is proposed; the value to community of such centres, that is, the number of persons or family units who use each centre; the number of courses or family support groups who use each centre; the frequency of use of each centre; and the effect of the localised area of each centre to improve it as a community; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32643/09]

Jack Wall (Kildare South, Labour)
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Question 140: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of family resource centres funded by her Department; the areas where the centres serve; the cost of running the centres; the number of employees per centre; her plans in regard to such centres; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32644/09]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 136 to 140, inclusive, 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. Discussions with other relevant Departments will be held as required. The information in relation to each FRC, as requested by the Deputy, will be forwarded to him shortly.