Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 24 July 2018
879. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the grants his Department provides to organisations representing or supporting victims of crime, statutory or otherwise. [33753/18]
Amharc ar fhreagraMy Department provides funding through its Victims of Crime Office to promote and assist the development of support services to victims of crime.
In this regard, the Victims of Crime Office allocated a total of €1.712m in 2017, to provide funding support to 58 victim support services, details of which are appended in the accompanying table.
Such services continue to provide important information and support to victims of crime, including emotional support, court accompaniment, accompaniment to Garda interviews, accompaniment to sexual assault treatment units, counselling and referral to other services.
In addition, my Department also provides a number of other supports to organisations representing or supporting victims of crime. Details of this are appended in the other accompanying table.
Table 1 - Groups funded by Victims of Crime Office 2017
|
Organisation |
Type of Organisation |
Funding granted 2017 |
|
|
1 |
Adapt(Kerry) Kerry Women's Refuge and Support Services |
Domestic Violence |
€23,000.00 |
|
2 |
Adapt (Limerick) |
Domestic Violence |
€61,000.00 |
|
3 |
AdVIC |
General |
€28,000.00 |
|
4 |
Amen |
Domestic Violence |
€23,500.00 |
|
5 |
Aoibhneas Women & Children Refuge |
Domestic Violence |
€9,300.00 |
|
6 |
Ascend |
Domestic Violence |
€16,500.00 |
|
7 |
Barnardos |
Children |
€38,000.00 |
|
8 |
Beacon of Light Counselling Centre |
Counselling Services |
€18,000.00 |
|
9 |
Bray Women's Refuge |
Domestic Violence |
€15,000.00 |
|
10 |
CARI |
Children |
€60,000.00 |
|
11 |
Carlow Women's Aid |
Domestic Violence |
€23,000.00 |
|
12 |
Clare Haven Services |
Domestic Violence |
€13,000.00 |
|
13 |
Cope Galway Waterside House |
Domestic Violence |
€5,500.00 |
|
14 |
Crime Victims Helpline |
General |
€110,000.00 |
|
15 |
Cuan Saor Women's Refuge Ltd. |
Domestic Violence |
€23,000.00 |
|
16 |
Dignity for Patients |
General |
€11,000.00 |
|
17 |
Domestic Violence Advocacy Service (Sligo)(formerly Waves) |
Domestic Violence |
€11,000.00 |
|
18 |
Domestic Violence Response Galway |
Domestic Violence |
€15,500.00 |
|
19 |
Donegal Domestic Violence Service |
Domestic Violence |
€17,000.00 |
|
20 |
Drogheda Women's Refuge and Children's Refuge Centre |
Domestic Violence |
€11,500.00 |
|
21 |
Dublin 12 Domestic Violence Service |
Domestic Violence |
€7,500.00 |
|
22 |
Dublin Rape Crisis Centre |
Sexual Violence |
€25,000.00 |
|
23 |
Dundalk Counselling Service |
Counselling Services |
€20,000.00 |
|
24 |
Esker House |
Domestic Violence |
€13,000.00 |
|
25 |
Family Resource Centre Ltd |
Domestic Violence |
€6,700.00 |
|
26 |
Federation for Victim Assistance |
General |
€110,000.00 |
|
27 |
Greystones Family Resource Centre |
Domestic Violence |
€1,000.00 |
|
28 |
Hope Trust (Counselling) |
Counselling Services |
€1,000.00 |
|
29 |
Irish Tourist Assistance Service |
General |
€50,000.00 |
|
30 |
Kilkenny Women's Refuge Ltd |
Domestic Violence |
€9,000.00 |
|
31 |
Laois Domestic Abuse Service |
Domestic Violence |
€22,500.00 |
|
32 |
Le Cheile |
General |
€7,500.00 |
|
33 |
Letterkenny Women's Centre (Counselling) |
Counselling Services |
€7,500.00 |
|
34 |
Living Life Voluntary Counselling Centre |
Counselling Services |
€15,000.00 |
|
35 |
Longford Women's Link |
Domestic Violence |
€21,000.00 |
|
36 |
Mayo Women's Support Services |
Domestic Violence |
€22,000.00 |
|
37 |
Meath Women's Refuge |
Domestic Violence |
€34,000.00 |
|
38 |
Missing in Ireland Support Services |
General |
€20,000.00 |
|
39 |
Mna Feasa Domestic Violence Project |
Domestic Violence |
€27,500.00 |
|
40 |
Oasis House Women's Refuge Waterford |
Domestic Violence |
€10,000.00 |
|
41 |
Offaly Domestic Violence Support Service |
Domestic Violence |
€12,000.00 |
|
42 |
One in Four |
Sexual Violence |
€113,000.00 |
|
43 |
Rape Crisis Network Ireland |
Sexual Violence |
€45,000.00 |
|
44 |
Roscommon Safe Link |
Domestic Violence |
€18,000.00 |
|
45 |
Safe Ireland |
Domestic Violence |
€20,000.00 |
|
46 |
Saoirse Housing Association |
Domestic Violence |
€16,000.00 |
|
47 |
Sexual Violence Centre, Cork |
Sexual Violence |
€26,000.00 |
|
48 |
Sonas |
Domestic Violence |
€5,500.00 |
|
49 |
Support After Crime |
General |
€143,000.00 |
|
50 |
Support After Homicide |
General |
€60,000.00 |
|
51 |
Tearmann Housing Association |
Domestic Violence |
€17,000.00 |
|
52 |
Victim Support at Court |
General |
€110,000.00 |
|
53 |
West Cork Women's Project |
Domestic Violence |
€10,000.00 |
|
54 |
Westmeath Support Service against Domestic Abuse |
Domestic Violence |
€17,000.00 |
|
55 |
Wexford Women's Refuge |
Domestic Violence |
€16,000.00 |
|
56 |
Women's Aid Dublin |
Domestic Violence |
€100,000.00 |
|
57 |
Women's Aid Dundalk |
Domestic Violence |
€17,500.00 |
|
58 |
YANA |
Domestic Violence |
€3,000.00 |
|
€1,712,000.00 |
Table 2 - Additional Grants provided by the Department of Justice and Equality to organisations representing or supporting victims of crime in 2017.
|
Name of Scheme/Programme |
Amount allocated in 2017 |
Number of organisations |
|
Crime Victims Helpline Dormant Accounts Funding |
€50,000 |
1 |
|
Services to Victims of Human Trafficking |
€360,000 |
2 |
|
Dormant Accounts Funding Scheme supporting human trafficking projects |
€66,441 |
2 |
|
Restorative justice community based projects |
€526,000 |
2 |
