Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 8 December 2020
452. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the budget allocation for the family resource centre programme in each of the years 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021, in tabular form [41429/20]
View answerThe Family Resource Centre (FRC) Programme, was established by the then Department of Social and Family Affairs in 1994. It later transferred to the Family Support Agency, which became part of Tusla on its establishment in 2014.
Tusla administers the Family Resource Centre (FRC) Programme, and Tusla funding supports 121 FRCs across the country. Core funding allocations for the FRC Programme, for the years 2018 to 2020 are outlined in the table below:
|
Year |
Budget |
|
2018 |
€16.5m |
|
2019 |
€18.0m |
|
2020 |
€18.0m |
In addition to core funding, Tusla has allocated additional supports of some €0.6m to FRCs in 2020 from Dormant Accounts Funding. This is expected to be available to the FRC Programme again in 2021.
The budget allocation for the FRC Programme in 2021 is not yet available. The specific allocation of Tusla's funding in 2021, including in respect of family support services, will be finalised in Tusla’s Business Plan for 2021 which is currently in development.
