Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 15 February 2022
514. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total capital and current expenditure budget for 2021 and 2022 of his Department for domestic, sexual and gender-based violence; and the breakdown for each related allocation for both years in tabular form. [7561/22]
View answerUnder the Child and Family Agency Act 2013, Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, has statutory responsibility for the care and protection of victims of domestic, sexual and gender-based violence (DSGBV). Tusla is funded from my Department through Vote 40.
My Department does not have a capital budget for this DSGBV. Capital funding for approved housing bodies, including services that provide refuge accommodation for victims of DSGBV, is provided by the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage.
In 2021, this Department allocated Tusla with €28m in core funding for DSGBV services plus €2m in contingency funding to address challenges arising from COVID-19.
In 2022, funding has been increased to €31m that will maintain continuity of services including core sustainability costs, ongoing support for initiatives commenced in 2021 and to support implementation of the recommendations of Tusla's review of accommodation for victims of DSGBV.
