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.
