Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 24 July 2018
2318. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of adults and children that spent time in Tusla funded domestic violence refuge and step down accommodation in 2017; and the average length of time these families spent in emergency accommodation. [32561/18]
Amharc ar fhreagraTusla, the Child and Family Agency, has statutory responsibility for the provision of care and protection to victims of domestic, sexual and gender-based violence. However, Tusla does not have access to live data on refuge use, rather Tusla-funded services provide data to Tusla retrospectively.
Information provided by funded domestic violence services indicates that refuges consistently operate at full or near full-capacity.
Data was previously provided to the Deputy regarding services in 2016. Tusla has advised that 2017 data will be made available later in the year.
Transitional or step down accommodation units, while run by Tusla-funded organisations, are not regarded as emergency accommodation, and as such are not directly funded by Tusla.
