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Thursday, 15 February 2018

Department of Children and Youth Affairs

Family Resource Centres

Photo of Robert TroyRobert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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278. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason there is a difference of up to €30,000 in annual funding for an existing FRC and a new FRC (details supplied). [7836/18]

Photo of Katherine ZapponeKatherine Zappone (Dublin South West, Independent)
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Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, administers the family resource centre programme.  I was pleased to announce that, under Budget 2018, additional resources of €3 million were secured to support the work of existing family resource centres, and to facilitate the expansion of the family resource centre programme. Over €2 million was also provided to existing family resource centres in late 2017 for the completion of small works.

Tusla will support the inclusion of 11 new centres to the family resource centre programme in 2018. Decisions by Tusla in relation to the funding of individual centres will have regard to the location, size and catchment area of each centre. It is important to emphasise that the 2018 funding levels will include start up funding for new centres.

The centre to which the Deputy refers will receive over €110,000 in operational funding from Tusla in 2018, an increase over the 2017 allocation of over €94,000.  The centre also received  once off funding from Tusla in 2017 of €31,000 for minor works on its premises.

Tusla is committed to using all available resources for children and families in the most efficient, equitable, proportionate and sustainable way.

Tusla will continue to work with family resource centres throughout the country and will consider service needs and funding resources for centres where appropriate.

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