Vol. 449 No. 1
84 Mrs. Geoghegan-Quinn asked the Minister for Health, in relation to each of the Rape Crisis Centres in the country, the allocation made available to these centres in 1994; and the allocation made available in 1995. [3312/95]
Limerick East): Yesterday I announced that I was making available £907,000 for rape crisis and sexual abuse counselling centres and services throughout the country. This is an increase of £250,000 or 38 per cent on the level of funding provided in 1994. A breakdown of the funding to be made available to each centre is given in the table.
I am providing £20,000 each to the North-Eastern Health Board and the North-Western Health Board in whose areas there are at present no rape crisis or counselling centres to assist with the establishment of centres/services in these areas. This will implement one of the recommendations of the 1993 report of the Second Commission on the Status of Women that there should be a rape crisis centre in each health board area. Funding is also being made available towards the establishment of a new centre in Athlone.
Additional funding is provided for the rape crisis/sexual abuse counselling centres in Limerick, Cork, Galway, Waterford, Kilkenny, Clonmel, Kerry, Mayo and in Dublin where the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre and three Eastern Health Board counselling centres operate.
|
Region |
Centre |
Funding in 1994 |
Proposed Funding in 1995 |
|
(£) |
|||
|
EHB |
Dublin RCC |
193,000 |
225,000 |
|
EHB CentresClontarfTallaghtBlanchardstown |
212,000 |
240,000 |
|
|
MHB |
Athlone |
no centre |
15,000 |
|
MWHB |
Limerick |
47,000 |
72,000 |
|
NEHB |
— |
no centre |
20,000 |
|
NWHB |
— |
no centre |
20,000 |
|
SEHB |
ClonmelKilkennyWaterfordWexford |
28,70010,30020,32015,000 |
49,00020,00041,00015,000 |
|
SHB |
CorkKerry |
28,25030,000 |
65,00045,000 |
|
WHB |
MayoGalway |
15,00042,000 |
20,00060,000 |
|
Total |
657,070 |
907,000 |
