Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 4 April 2007
67 Mr. Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his Department has communicated with the NDVIA on his Department’s ongoing review of the work of the NDVIA; when this review will be completed; when he will make a decision on the long-term funding of the agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12934/07]
View answerMy Department is in the process of completing its examination of the final report of the National Domestic Violence Intervention Agency (NDVIA) on its pilot project.
Following delivery of the report, my Department, in consultation with the NDVIA, made available further funding for the project on an interim basis. However, the Deputy will appreciate that no decision can be made on funding for the longer term, until the review has been completed.
A related matter is that arrangements are being made in my Department for the establishment of an Office to promote a co-ordinated "whole of Government" response to violence against women. The details regarding these arrangements will be announced shortly, and the form that the response takes will substantially shape national policy in the area for the future.
