Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Social Democrats)
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340. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 610 of 25 October 2016 and notwithstanding the forthcoming 2017 Tusla business plan, her plans with regard to increasing funding to support the day to day running costs of family resource centres in line with the 5.5% increase in funding for the agency that was announced in budget 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34157/16]

Katherine Zappone (Dublin South West, Independent)
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Arising from Budget 2017, I will shortly be issuing Tusla with its 2017 Performance Statement in line with the provisions of the Child and Family Agency Act, 2013. Tusla will, in response to the Performance Statement, prepare a Business Plan for 2017 which will be submitted to me for consideration.

The precise level of funding to be allocated to the Family Resource Centre Programme will be considered by Tusla, in preparing its Business Plan, having regard to the overall level of funding available in 2017, which will exceed €700m, including the additional Budget 2017 provision.

It is not my intention to prescribe the overall level of funding to be allocated by Tusla to family support services, including the Family Resource Centre Programme. It is more appropriate, in my view, that Tusla first sets out its proposals for this important service area, having regard to its statutory remit and taking account of the totality of funding available next year.