Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 4 December 2014
137. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide, in tabular form, the total annual budget allocation of his Department to provide for domestic violence-related services between 2007 to 2014. [46526/14]
View answerResponsibility for the funding of Domestic, Sexual and Gender Based Violence Services transferred from the HSE to Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, upon its establishment on 1 January, 2014.
I am advised that in 2013, the HSE spent over €17 million on the provision of Domestic, Sexual and Gender Based Violence Services. In 2014, the Child and Family Agency will also spend in excess of €17 million on the provision of these services. This includes the funding of some 60 services throughout the country:
- €10m for 20 Crisis Refuges and support services
- Over €4 million for 16 Rape Crisis Centres
- Almost €3.5 million for 24 Domestic Violence Support Services.
With regard to the additional information requested by the Deputy on the funding of Domestic Violence Services from 2007 - 2012, I have asked the Child and Family Agency to request this information from the HSE. I will forward these details to the Deputy once the information has been received from the Agency.
