Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 6 December 2022
38. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice the number of refuge spaces for victims/survivors of domestic violence/gender-based violence currently being funded by her Department in each county. [60307/22]
View answerAs the Deputy will be aware the Government will establish a statutory agency with a dedicated focus on Domestic Sexual and Gender-Based Violence.
The agency will have a specific mandate to drive the implementation of the Zero Tolerance: Third National Strategy on Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence across Government, bringing the expertise and focus required to tackle this complex social issue. Pending establishment of the Agency, responsibility for the allocation of funding for domestic violence services continues to be channeled through Tusla.
As this will continue to be the case until services formally transfer to the new DSGBV agency, I have referred the question posed by the Deputy to Tusla for direct reply.
