Child and Family Agency

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 13 July 2022

Wednesday, 13 July 2022

Ceisteanna (397)

Kathleen Funchion

Ceist:

397. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated cost to increase Tusla family resource centre funding by 20%. [38499/22]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth

Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, administers the Family Resource Centre programme which provides funding to 121 centres across the country.

My Department allocates core funding for the Family Resource Centre programme which has amounted to some €18m in 2022. Therefore, the estimated cost to increase funding by 20% for the Family Resource Centre programme would be approximately €3.6m.

Various family resource centres may avail of other programmes and have other financial supports from elsewhere.