Anne Rabbitte (Galway East, Fianna Fail)
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668. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of visits made to family resource centres since 2007, by year. [39818/17]

Katherine Zappone (Dublin South West, Independent)
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I have requested information from Tusla, the Child and Family Agency. I will forward the reply to the Deputy once I have been furnished with this information.

Anne Rabbitte (Galway East, Fianna Fail)
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669. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of funding her Department has provided to family resource centres since 2013, by year. [39819/17]

Katherine Zappone (Dublin South West, Independent)
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Acting as a focal point within their communities, Family Resource Centres provide a holistic service of child, family and community support and advocacy to all children and families in their communities.

Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, provides funding to over 100 Family Resource Centres. The 2017 allocation by Tusla to Family Resource Centres is €13.512m.

It should be noted that prior to 2014, funding was provided to the Family Resource Centres by the former Family Support Agency, which was incorporated into Tusla in 2014.

The following table sets out the level of funding provided to Family Resource Centres in the period 2013-2017.

Family Support Agency/ Tusla Funding to Family Resource Centres 2013-2017

Source: Family Support Agency (2013) / Child and Family Agency (2014 – 2017)

In 2016, additional once off funding of €1.422m was provided to Family Resource Centres to assist in the upgrade of equipment and infrastructure.