Written answers
Thursday, 6 November 2014
Department of Children and Youth Affairs
Family Support Services
Eric Byrne (Dublin South Central, Labour)
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136. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide in tabular form the funding that has been provided to the Family Support Agency for the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42547/14]
James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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The functions provided by the Family Support Agency transferred to the Department of Children and Youth Affairs upon its establishment in June 2011. Details of the funding provided to the Agency by my Department are set out in the following table.
Family Support Agency funding
| Year | Amount |
|---|---|
| 2011 | €15.195m * |
| 2012 | €25.966m |
| 2013 | €23.599m |
*The balance of the Agency funding of €16.042m was provided by the Department of Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs.
The Deputy might note that the Family Support Agency was dissolved on 31st December, 2013 and its services came under the remit of the new Child and Family Agency on 1st January, 2014.
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