Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 15 December 2022
293. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice the number of additional domestic violence refuge places provided to date in 2023; and the counties within which they are located in tabular form. [63133/22]
Amharc ar fhreagraAs 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 channelled through Tusla.
Response from Tusla below.
Attached, in Appendix one, please find breakdown of places provided in 2022; and the counties within which they are located.
In line with the priority which the Irish government is attaching to tackling domestic, sexual and gender based violence, Tusla will double the number of refuge spaces over the lifetime of the strategy, bringing it to 280.
It will deliver 24 new refuge spaces by the end of 2024.
In addition, by putting in place the correct structures to deliver additional refuge accommodation now, including the development of a new statutory agency, Tusla will accelerate the number of additional spaces that can be opened each year.
|
County |
Number of Units normally operational 2020 pre-Covid (refuge and Safe Home) |
Number of units operational in 2021** (including refuge units; off-site refuge locations and Safe Homes) |
Number of refuge units operational in 2022 (either in the refuge or at an off-site location) |
Number of Safe homes operational in 2022 |
Number of DV Accommodation Units operational in 2022 |
|
Limerick |
14 |
14 |
14 |
0 |
14 |
|
Kerry |
6 |
6 |
6 |
0 |
6 |
|
Kilkenny |
7 |
6 |
7 |
2 |
9 |
|
Dublin |
35 |
29 |
29 |
20 |
49 |
|
Wicklow |
7 |
5 |
7 |
0 |
7 |
|
Clare |
6 |
6 |
6 |
0 |
6 |
|
Galway |
4 |
9 |
9 |
0 |
9 |
|
Tipperary |
6 |
9 |
4 |
1 |
5 |
|
Cork |
4 |
9 |
11 |
3 |
14 |
|
Donegal |
4 |
4 |
4 |
1 |
5 |
|
Louth |
12 |
14 |
15 |
0 |
15 |
|
Westmeath |
4 |
4 |
4 |
1 |
5 |
|
Mayo |
5 |
7 |
5 |
0 |
5 |
|
Meath |
5 |
6 |
8 |
0 |
8 |
|
Waterford |
15 |
13 |
12 |
2 |
14 |
|
Kildare |
4 |
4 |
4 |
0 |
4 |
|
Wexford |
4 |
2 |
4 |
0 |
4 |
|
Sligo |
3 |
3 |
N/A |
2 |
2 |
|
Total |
144 |
140 |
149 |
31 |
181 |
