Dáil Éireann Debate, Monday - 11 September 2023
1375. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount of funding provided to Tusla in each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37459/23]
View answerFunding allocations for Tusla are published annually in December, in an Agency Statement as part of the Revised Estimates Volume (REV).
Tusla receives core funding from DCEDIY as well as from the Department of Education (for Education Welfare Services).
The table below outlines the overall funding for Tusla as published in the annual Agency Statement, since Tusla’s establishment in 2014.
|
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
|
€m |
€m |
€m |
€m |
€m |
€m |
€m |
€m |
€m |
€m |
|
609.124 |
658.401 |
679.142 |
716.675 |
759.736 |
815.610 |
843.927 |
900.007 |
964.749 |
1,020.370 |
These are the total figures according to Tusla's annual published Agency Statements. These figures include any Supplementary or Further Revised Estimates secured. Figures do not include one-off funding provided for Covid-19 related costs or for response to Ukraine crisis. For example, in 2023 Tusla have been allocated €31 million to aid in their response to the crisis in Ukraine. In 2020, Tusla received approximately €8 million to help with the costs of the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic.
