Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 25 January 2022
470. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his Department’s total capital and current expenditure budget for 2021 and 2022 for domestic, sexual and gender-based violence with a breakdown for each related allocation for both years in tabular form. [3501/22]
View answerSince 2019, around €1m has been allocated by DFHERIS and the HEA to support projects in this area.
Funding is provided to the Higher Education Authority (HEA) - Centre of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in 2021 and 2022, for oversight of work in this area, as part of the HEA grant allocation. My Department has also collaborated with the Department of Justice on a dormant accounts funded project for the NUIG Active Consent programme in 2022. The Department of Justice has secured €189,000 in dormant accounts funding for this project in 2022.
Details of the funding provided by my Department for 2021 and 2022 is set out in the table below.
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2021 |
In 2021, DFHERIS allocated funding to National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) for the Ending Sexual Violence and Harassment in third level education (ESHTE) project totalling €21,130.42 |
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2022 |
In Budget 2022, €300,000 additional funding was secured to support sectoral sexual consent related initiatives. This will be allocated by the HEA. |
