Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 2 December 2004
213 Mr. Gilmore asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will agree to the request from the National Domestic Violence Intervention Agency for €220,000 in funding for 2005; if he will address the shortfall in the agency’s funding for 2004; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31868/04]
View answerI can inform the Deputy that my Department has provided funding for the operation of a domestic violence intervention project over the last two years, on a pilot basis, in the Dún Laoghaire-Bray court areas. The project arose from research, which was funded by my Department, into the development of an intervention model and is based on similar projects operating successfully in other jurisdictions.
I can further inform the Deputy that the operation of the pilot project has recently been evaluated, along with a number of other programmes for perpetrators of domestic violence. I am sure the Deputy will appreciate that further funding for the project will be considered in the light of this evaluation report and other matters currently under discussion with the National Domestic Violence Intervention Agency.
