Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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830. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which he is satisfied regarding the availability of sufficient resources for his Department to meet challenges likely in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22668/20]

Roderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party)
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The Revised Estimates for Public Services 2020, published by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, detail gross expenditure of just over €1.6 billion in respect of my Department for 2020. These Estimates will be presented to the Dáil shortly. As the Deputy will be aware, the functions of my Department will be expanded to include a number of important additional areas. Officials of my Department are currently working with officials in the Departments of Health and Justice to make appropriate arrangements for the transfer of agreed functions in the areas of Disability, Equality and Integration and related allocations.

I am aiming to ensure that as part of this process, sufficient resources will be made available to my Department to meet any challenges likely to arise.