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Thursday, 13 April 2017

Department of Children and Youth Affairs

Child and Family Agency Funding

Photo of Dara CallearyDara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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374. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of funding provided under the capital plan for the Tusla special care capacity; the amount spent to date; the progress to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18842/17]

Photo of Katherine ZapponeKatherine Zappone (Dublin South West, Independent)
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The resource allocation to Tusla, the Child and Family Agency to support capital developments since establishment on the 1stJanuary, 2014 amounts to €48.847 million. Details for funding provision for the years 2014 to 2017 are set out in the table below:

-2014201520162017
Capital Allocation€6.841 million€12.386 million€16.060 million€13.560 million

The capital allocation allows for key infrastructural projects and minor capital works to be carried out. Tusla has made provision, within its Capital Plan, for significant national capital projects which include the completion of new build and refurbishment works at the Crannog Nua Special Care Unit, Portrane, Dublin and completion of refurbishment works at the Ballydowd Special Care Unit, Lucan, Dublin. On completion of these projects, national special care capacity will increase from 17 to 30 places.

The current projected overall cost for the Crannog Nua project which commenced in July 2015 and is scheduled for completion in May 2017 is €16.4 million (incl VAT). The capital spend to date is €15.2 million.

The capital project at the Special Care Unit, Ballydowd, Lucan, Co. Dublin commenced in July 2015 and is scheduled for completion in April 2017 with a projected overall cost of €5.2 million (incl VAT). The capital spend to date is €4.9 million.

The refurbished special care units will provide short term, stabilising and safe care in a secure, therapeutic environment for young people with the aim of enabling them to return to a less secure placement as soon as possible, based on their assessed needs.

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