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Crime Prevention.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 10 February 2005

Thursday, 10 February 2005

Questions (207)

Jim O'Keeffe

Question:

208 Mr. J. O’Keeffe asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the funds and grants which are available from his Department or agencies responsible thereto to support initiatives to combat anti-social behaviour; the details of such funding, including the amounts expended in 2004 and the amount available in 2005. [4383/05]

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Written answers

The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following tabular statement:

Initiative

Funding Provided in 2004

Allocation for 2005

64 Garda Youth Diversion Projects and 7 mainstreamed Local Drugs taskforce Projects which are a crime prevention initiative designed to engage with young people who have been identified as being at risk of involvement in criminal or anti-social behaviour.

€5.381m

€5.471m

Leanbh which aims to address the child protection issues of children begging on the streets of Dublin.

€50,000.00

€50,000.00

“Copping On” Programme which involves the training of youth workers who engage with groups of “at risk” juveniles with the aim of getting them to confront their offending behaviour.

€40,000.00

€40,000.00

15 programmes for perpetrators of Domestic Violence

€270,000

€450,000

Pilot Domestic Violence Intervention Project

€160,000

€182,000

Community based CCTV Schemes as an aid to local policing

Nil

€1.0m (70% of the capital cost of the scheme subject to a max. of €100,000)

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