Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 9 December 2004
188 Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the funding he will make available in 2005 to the National Domestic Violence Intervention Agency; and his views on whether it will be sufficient to cover its estimated operating costs for 2005 of €220,000. [32901/04]
View answerMy 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.
The operation of the pilot project has recently been evaluated, along with a number of other programmes for perpetrators of domestic violence. 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.
