Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 7 November 2017
1133. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the family resource centres funded by her Department; the number of full-time equivalent staff in each centre; and the level of core funding for their activities, in tabular form. [46862/17]
View answerThere are 109 Family Resource Centres currently in receipt of funding from Tusla, the Child and Family Agency. Tusla provides funding to the centres under an annual agreement. This funding is provided by way of a contribution towards the running costs of the centres. The financial allocation to support this programme amounts to €13.51m in 2017. I was pleased to announce recently that additional funding of approximately €5.0m is being allocated to existing centres and to support the expansion of the programme with the inclusion of an additional 11 centres next year.
In relation to the additional data which the Deputy has requested, I have asked Tusla to provide the information requested directly to the Deputy.
