Anne Rabbitte (Galway East, Fianna Fail)
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827. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of family resource centres that exist and are fully operational. [21174/16]

Katherine Zappone (Dublin South West, Independent)
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There are currently 107 Family Resource Centres supported through the Family Resource Centre Programme which is funded by Tusla, the Child and Family Agency.

Tusla fully appreciates the role that Family Resource Centres play in offering early intervention support to families in difficulty. Tusla has advised that it intends to build on the strengths of the Family Resource Centre Programme in the years ahead in meeting its mandate for community-based early intervention and family support.