Anne Rabbitte (Galway East, Fianna Fail)
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322. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of funding provided to the family resource centre network in 2010; the number of centres that this supported; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17201/18]

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

Prior to the establishment of Tusla in January 2014, the former Family Support Agency was responsible for the Family Resource Centre Programme. Funding of €15.37m was allocated under the Programme in 2010 and this supported 107 Family Resource Centres in that year. Tusla, the Child and Family Agency has been responsible for the administration of the Family Resource Centre Programme since its establishment on 1st January, 2014.

Supporting families is an important priority for me as the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, and the increased level of funding for Family Resource Centres in 2018 reflects this. I am pleased to be in a position to support the work of Family Resource Centres through the targeting of additional resources to services that will impact positively on vulnerable children and families.