Family Resource Centres
Dail Éireann — 2025-12-18
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Norma Foley (FF), Kerry

I appreciate the Deputy highlighting it. It is highlighted to me also as I visit the family resource centres. It is a testament to the vision of the family resource centres that they are happy to step in when there is a need within a community. They do it expertly, they do it professionally and they do it without any difficulty really. That is to their credit. They always step up. I have never made any secret of the fact that I am an enormous fan of the family resource centres.
The entire budget for Tusla counselling services is over €8.3 million. The additional €1.5 million that has been mainstreamed from the Dormant Accounts Fund in 2023 and 2024 has been a great addition to us. Being able to mainstream that is an additional resource. I will continue to consult the Minister of State, Deputy Butler. She has successfully increased the budget for the entirety of mental health services for six years in a row - to over €1.6 billion now - and great credit is due to her for that. There is an opportunity for us to engage further on it.

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Sitting date: 2025-12-18