Domestic Violence

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 22 February 2022

Tuesday, 22 February 2022

Questions (919)

Kathleen Funchion

Question:

919. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 4 of 14 October 2021, if Carlow County Development Partnership has commissioned a report into the ongoing need for a domestic violence refuge in Carlow; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9537/22]

Written answers

Minister of State at the Department of Rural and Community Development

The Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme, or SICAP, is our country’s primary social inclusion intervention. SICAP aims to reduce poverty and promote social inclusion and equality. It does this through Programme Implementers, agencies and companies, who work with the most disadvantaged and the hardest to reach in communities.

Carlow County Development Partnership (CCDP) implements SICAP in County Carlow. Disadvantaged Women and Lone Parents are key target groups under the programme. I understand that, as part of their annual plan for 2022, CCDP are currently developing the brief for the commissioning of a report on the need for a domestic violence refuge in Carlow.