Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 5 November 2019
340. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the locations of perpetrator programmes for persons convicted of domestic abuse crimes; and the funding allocated to these programmes in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019. [44957/19]
View answerMy Department is currently supporting and overseeing the implementation of a uniform national domestic violence intervention programme under the Second National Strategy for the Prevention of Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence, 2016-2021. The roll out of this programme, entitled the Choices Programme, began in 2017.
The Choices Programme is now being delivered across the State by the following three organisations working with men who engage in domestic abuse and in providing support to their partners/ex-partners: MOVE Ireland, Men's Development Network and the North East Domestic Violence Intervention Programme (NEDVIP).
Prior to establishment of the Choices programme, these organisations were running separate types of domestic abuse intervention programmes locally with funding support provided by my Department.
I understand that NEDVIP, the programme managed by the Probation Service in Louth takes referrals from the criminal courts or from Tulsa, the Child and Family Agency. MOVE and MEND - a programme run by the Men's Development Network - is also open to taking referrals from the Probation Service and Tusla but also accepts men who self-refer or are referred by other agencies.
I understand that the current programme locations are as follows.
|
Choices Programme Location |
Service Provider |
Contact details |
|
Galway |
MOVE |
085-8748108 www.moveireland.ie/ |
|
Sligo |
MOVE |
085-8748108www.moveireland.ie/ |
|
Midlands (Athlone) |
MOVE |
085-8748108www.moveireland.ie/ |
|
Cork |
MOVE |
086-6044047www.moveireland.ie/ |
|
Dublin city centre |
MOVE |
O86-4149591www.moveireland.ie/ |
|
Dublin Tallaght |
MOVE |
086-4149591www.moveireland.ie/ |
|
Dublin Swords |
MOVE |
086-4149591www.moveireland.ie/ |
|
Meath |
MOVE |
086-4149591www.moveireland.ie/ |
|
Limerick/Clare |
MOVE |
086-4149613www.moveireland.ie/ |
|
North Tipperary |
MOVE |
086-4149613www.moveireland.ie/ |
|
Kerry |
MOVE |
086-4149613www.moveireland.ie/ |
|
Carlow/ Kilkenny |
MEND |
086-8751131http://mend.ie/ |
|
South Tipperary |
MEND |
087-9156632http://mend.ie/ |
|
Waterford |
MEND |
086-8167798http://mend.ie/ |
|
Wexford |
MEND |
086-1075449http://mend.ie/ |
|
Laois/Offaly |
MEND |
087- 4597626http://mend.ie/ |
|
Kildare |
MEND |
051-878866http://mend.ie/ |
|
Louth |
NEDVIP |
042 9359755 |
Details of the funding provided by my Department to the relevant service providers in delivering intervention programmes over the period requested by the Deputy is in the following table.
|
Domestic Violence Perpetrator Programme Organisation Funding |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 to date –as at September 30 2019 |
|
MOVE Ireland |
€402,000 |
€395,000 |
€500,000 |
€387,500 |
|
Mens Development Network |
€278,000 |
€272,215 |
€297,537 |
€289,620 |
|
North East Domestic Violence Intervention Programme |
€24,000 |
€23,494 |
€36,134 |
€18,633.50 |
|
Total Domestic Violence Perpetrator Programmes |
€704,000 |
€690,709 |
€833.671 |
€695,753.50 to date |
