Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation
Dail Éireann — 2025-10-15
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Micheál Martin (FF), Cork South-Central

As the Deputy knows, there was a comprehensive national application process in August 2025. The Minister, Deputy Foley, announced that five new FRCs will open in Dublin, Galway, Kildare, Louth and Monaghan. The national application and assessment process was led by Tusla and independently chaired by a representative of the University of Limerick. Longford FRC steering group was an applicant in the most recent application process. Those applicants remain under active consideration for further expansion of the FRC programme.
The good news is that budget 2026 honours the programme for Government commitment to increase funding and expand the capacity and network of family resource centres. The funding secured for a further ten resource centres will bring the overall network to 136. They have not been announced yet, so I take on board the Deputy's representations.

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Sitting date: 2025-10-15