Written answers
Tuesday, 29 July 2025
Department of Children, Disability and Equality
Family Resource Centres
Roderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party)
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2396. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she is considering the creation of a capital funding stream to support the building of new or refurbishment or extension of existing family resource centres; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42376/25]
Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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I wish to inform the Deputy that neither my Department nor Tusla currently have capital funding to support the building of new or refurbishment or extension of existing Family Resource Centres (FRCs). Tusla does not have a dedicated budget for capital or building works for FRCs.
The Family Resource Centre Programme is a community development programme that is financially supported by many State agencies in a partnership approach. Centres may draw on various sources of funding provided by other Government Departments, agencies and private sources. I would suggest that the local County or City Council be considered as a starting point in the context of any capital funding requests.
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