Tusla, 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.