Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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606. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which she remains satisfied regarding the adequacy of resources available to her Department to meet all contingencies in the course of 2018; if particular issues of concern have been identified; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50558/17]

Katherine Zappone (Dublin South West, Independent)
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Budget 2018 made provision for a gross funding provision of €1.384 billion to my Department in 2018. This represents an increase of €73 million or 6% over the allocation for 2017. The Deputy might note that the Revised Estimates for Public Services 2018 will be published by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform in the near future. This will set out the full particulars of the financial resources made available to Vote 40 of my Department in 2018 to support the provision of a range of targetted programmes and services for children, young people and their families. The publication also contains details of the number of public service employees associated with the delivery of the programmes and services.

I am satisfied that the significant additional resources secured for 2018 will allow my Department and its agencies build on the good work by all involved in working with children and families to deliver on this Government’s commitment to fundamentally reform the delivery of services.