Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 17 January 2017
1688. Deputy Tom Neville asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of funding she will be providing in 2017 for the 109 family resource centres; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41742/16]
View answerTusla set a budget of €13.5m in 2016 for the Family Resource Centre Programme. In December, 2016, and in recognition of the valuable work that the Family Resource Centres do, Tusla provided additional funding of €1.422m to the 109 Centres around the country. These grants were once off exceptional payments to the Centres to assist with the upgrade of equipment and other remedial works.
The precise level of funding to be allocated to the Family Resource Centre Programme in 2017 is being finalised by Tusla, having regard to the totality of funding, which will exceed €700m in Exchequer support, an increase of €37m over 2016. Following consideration of, and commencement of the process to implement Tusla's Business Plan for 2017, service providers, including Family Resource Centres, will be informed of their budget for 2017.
