942. Deputy David Maxwell asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will provide an update on any further announcements, beyond those already made, regarding the establishment of new family resource centres in counties Cavan and Monaghan in 2026; the status of any applications or site assessments relating to Cavan and Monaghan; whether any funding has been ring-fenced for this purpose; and if sh…
Topics / Family Resource Centres
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsFamily Resource Centres
99 questions from 45 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 30 September 2026.
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| November 2025 | 15 |
| December 2025 | 8 |
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| April 2026 | 1 |
| May 2026 | 11 |
| June 2026 | 2 |
| July 2026 | 1 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 4 |
| October 2026 | 0 |
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362. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when it is expected that approvals will issue in respect of the establishment of more family resource centres; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9109/26]
899. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will ensure that the recently implemented Tusla structural reform will not alter the national programme status, ring-fenced programme budget, local governance and autonomy, and cradle to grave community development approach by family resource centres; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7565/26]
189. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will provide funding to family resource centres to employ support workers to support people fleeing domestic violence situations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73426/25]
857. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to review an application by a group (details supplied); if this application is still live to be considered for the next round of funding to be announced this year; if not, if re-application on behalf of the group is required; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5848/26]
859. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the progress being made in relation to the announcement of new family resource centres in 2026; whether Ballybunion, County Kerry, will be considered for designation as a family resource centre given the growing population and demand for family and community supports in the area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5892/26]
257. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide details of new family resource centres delivered in 2025. [4775/26]
2. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department will provide additional and multiannual funding for therapeutic and counselling supports, such as play therapy, currently provided in family resource centres; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73394/25]
39. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department is aware of the additional demands being put on the family resource network from other Government and non-Government agencies; her plans to support this additional work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73395/25]
633. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the options available to a family resource centre (details supplied) in need of more space, which owns its own site and is seeking funds to build on it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71303/25]
393. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reason the child and family agency, Tusla, has decided to close the aftercare service based at Liberty Street House in Cork city; if Tusla has put in place an alternative service to meet the needs of the young people affected; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68600/25]
469. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the options available to a family resource centre desperately in need of more space, which owns its own site and is seeking funds to build on it; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67317/25]
482. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the options available to an existing family resource centre, under the national forum to buy a premises as a permanent home in order to develop; the funding which is available; if an existing vacant building can be purchased; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67441/25]
492. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when a decision will be made on the ten family resource centres to be included in the national forum and annual funding as per Budget 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67699/25]
727. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the capital funding programmes under his Department, including the Community Centres Investment Fund, the Rural Regeneration and Development Fund and the LEADER Programme, that are open to applications from family resource centres seeking to acquire, construct, or refurbish permanent buildings; the typical levels of…
463. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the capital funding available in her or other Government departments to finance the building of a Tusla-funded child and family centre that has been provided with land by a local authority and has a grant of planning permission. [66811/25]
781. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the way in which a community group can establish a family resource centre; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66036/25]
84. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to outline the Government’s commitment to family resource centres; for an update on the work done by family resource centres across the country; and the potential for establishing more family resource centres. [61878/25]
146. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on the supports she is providing for family resource centres in Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61295/25]
836. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she is aware that there is only one Family Resource Centre in Cork City; her plans to remedy this matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61067/25]
837. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether she is aware that a resource centre (details supplied) have submitted an application for family resource centre status; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61068/25]
838. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when an announcement will be made on the additional 10 family resource centres; and if a resource centre (details supplied) will be in this cohort given the lack of family resource centres in Cork city. [61069/25]
1487. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the funding which is available for a Waterford based family resource centre to upgrade and refurbish a recent building acquisition; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58207/25]
1507. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the steps she will take, in light of Budget 2026's allocation of €3.2 million to expand the Family Resource Centre (FRC) Programme by ten additional centres nationwide bringing the total to 136 and given that none of the five FRCs funded in Budget 2025 were allocated to Cork city, to ensure that one of these new centres is prioritised f…
1515. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will consider the need for a family resource centre in north Cork city; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58611/25]