Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 13 June 2019
190. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the budgetary allocation Tusla received from her Department in the past four years; the name of all organisations, bodies, institutions and so on that are assisting Tusla with funding or have assisted Tusla with funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24648/19]
View answerTusla, the Child and Family Agency receives annual funding from the Exchequer under my Department's Vote (Vote 40). The budgetary allocation to Tusla under sub-head A3 for each of the years in question is set out in Table 1.
Table 1: Tusla Budget Allocation for the years 2015 - 2018
|
Year |
Budget Allocation (€’000) |
|
2015 |
658,401 |
|
2016 |
676,042 |
|
2017 |
712,895 |
|
2018 |
753,526 |
Tusla also receives budgetary allocations from other areas of my Departments Vote that include Early Years Pre-School Inspectorate, Children and Young Person's Services Committees (CYPSC), Outcomes for Children Quality and Capacity Building Initiative (QCBI) and the Area-Based Childhood (ABC) programme.
In addition to receiving funding from my Department's Vote, Tusla received income from the following sources as highlighted in Table 2 (Reference Tusla's Annual Financial Statements 2015 - 2018).
Table 2: Tusla: Other Income Sources
|
Other Income |
2015 (€’000) |
2016 (€’000) |
2017 (€’000) |
2018 (€’000) |
|
Atlantic Philanthropies |
1,085 |
1,859 |
2,498 |
2,095 |
|
Secondment Income |
530 |
599 |
650 |
1,038 |
|
Other Specific Project Income |
318 |
78 |
66 |
58 |
|
Early Years Income |
46 |
421 |
242 |
258 |
|
Miscellaneous Income |
969 |
791 |
697 |
910 |
I have asked Tusla to respond directly to the Deputy in regard to the names of all organisations, bodies and institutions as requested.
