Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 8 November 2023
92. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated cost in 2024, if each family resource centre were allocated an additional 6.5% increase in their core funding. [48859/23]
Amharc ar fhreagraThank you for your question in relation to Family Resource Centres. an increase of 6.5% across the FRC programme would have an estimated cost of €1.2m. This form of increase would benefit the larger FRCs to a greater extent and result in only nominal increases for smaller FRCs.
Given the budgetary challenges and numerous competing priorities any potential increase would have to be done in a fair and equitable fashion.
Please note FRCs are Section 56 organisations, as such and dependent on the outcome of ongoing union ballots they will benefit from increases in pay related funding of an order of:
• 3% backdated to April 2023
• an additional 2% from Nov 2023 and
• a further 3% in March 2024
