The head of Tusla says the decision to cut funding to Accord has nothing to do with the same sex marriage referendum.
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The Child and Family Agency has withdrawn money provided for pre-marriage courses at the Catholic agency, although it will still receive more than 1 and a half million euro from the body this year.
The Irish Catholic newspaper says the cut will give weight to church fears that agencies who don't support the government's marriage referendum proposal 'will be starved of funding'.
