Departmental Funding

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 13 July 2017

Thursday, 13 July 2017

Questions (397)

Fergus O'Dowd

Question:

397. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the investment by his Department since March 2016 in County Louth and parts of east County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34071/17]

Written answers

Minister for Justice and Equality

Details of funding provided through various schemes administered by the Department of Justice and Equality to projects in County Louth and County Meath in the timeframe specified by the Deputy can be found in the following table.

The Victims of Crime Office fund registered charities, voluntary/community groups and other bodies which provide assistance to victims of crime. The table gives details of organisations located in Louth/Meath who were awarded funding in 2016/17. A number of other national organisations also provide victim support services in Louth/Meath.

Year	Project Name	Location	Amount
2016	Court accompaniment for female victims of domestic violence	Women's Aid Dundalk Louth	€16,500.00
2016	Court accompaniment for female victims of domestic violence	Drogheda Women's Refuge and Children's Refuge Centre, Louth	€10,000.00
2016	Support for patient victims of crime	Dignity 4Patients, Drogheda, Louth	€10,500.00
2016	Counselling for victims of crime	Dundalk Counselling Centre, Louth	€20,000.00
2016	Court accompaniment for female victims of domestic violence	Meath Women's Refuge, Navan, Meath	€30,000.00
2016	Court accompaniment to male victims of crime	Amen, Navan, Co. Meath	€16,500.00
2017	Court accompaniment for female victims of domestic violence	Women's Aid Dundalk Louth	€17,500.00
2017	Support for patient victims of crime	Dignity 4Patients, Drogheda Louth	€11,000.00
2017	Counselling for victims of crime	Dundalk Counselling Centre Louth	€20,000.00
2017	Court accompaniment for female victims of domestic violence	Meath Women's Refuge, Navan Meath	€34,000.00
2017	Court accompaniment to male victims of crime	Amen, Navan, Co. Meath Meath	€23,500.00
2017	Court accompaniment for female victims of domestic violence	Drogheda Women's Refuge and Children's Refuge Centre, Louth	€11,500.00

Under the National Strategy on Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence 2010-2014, Cosc the National Office for the prevention of domestic, sexual and gender-based violence provides funding support to domestic violence perpetrator programmes in Ireland. These programmes are delivered through a combination of non-government organisations and the Probation Service.

The programme with male perpetrators in the North Eastern region entitled North East Domestic Violence Intervention Programme (NEDVIP) is run and managed by the Probation Service in Louth.

Details of the funding being provided to support this programme are included in the following table:

Year	Project Name	Location	Amount
2016	North East Domestic Violence Perpetrator Intervention Programme	North East (Louth/Meath)	€24,000
2017	North East Domestic Violence Perpetrator Intervention Programme	North East (Louth/Meath)	€27,000

Grants have been provided to the following Garda Youth Diversion Projects, which are administrated by the Irish Youth Justice Service:

Year	Project Name	Location	Amount
2016 2017	High Voltage	Cox’s Demesne Louth	€82,125 €61,678
2016 2017	Team	Muirhevnamor Community Youth Service Louth	€111,375 €83,556
2016 2017	Boyne	Youth Work Ireland Louth	€78,926 €54,107
2016 2017	Cable	Foróige Louth	€50,051 €56,400

The following project was funded via the Young Persons Probation Project:

Year	Project Name	Location	Amount
2016 2017	Cox’s Demesne	Cox’s Demesne Louth	€110,625 €75,000

The following funding was disbursed via national funding for the integration of migrants:

Year	Project Name	Location	Amount
2016	Meath County Council	Meath	€76,780.98
2017	Meath County Council	Meath	€98,713.50

The following funding was disbursed via the Integration and Employment of Migrants (European Social Fund Programme for Employability, Inclusion and Learning):

Year	Project Name	Location	Amount
2017	Cultúr Celebrating Diversity Ltd	Meath	€22,000

The following funding was disbursed via the Community Integration Fund:

2017	Culture Connect	Louth, Drogheda	€5,000
2017	Dee Hub	Louth, Ardee	€5,000
2017	Drogheda Homeless Aid	Louth, Drogheda	€2,310
2017	African Women's Development Initiative	Meath, Navan	€4,365

Other funding:

Year	Project Name	Location	Amount
2016 and 2017	Travellers Initiatives Navan - Meath Travellers Group	Meath	€164,890
2016 and 2017	Jobmatters Employability Service	Meath	€46,068