Roderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

As the Chair knows, the Government has made a decision to create a domestic violence agency. This will take probably about 18 months to two years to establish. Once that is done, policy but also front-line services will be directly the responsibility of that and the role Tusla currently plays in funding refuge services will move out of Tusla and to this agency fully. In the interim, because this will all fall within the Department of Justice’s remit, it is now responsible for that part of Tusla’s Vote. My Department is responsible for the vast majority of Tusla’s Vote. The education welfare service is run by the Department of Education and it gets the money for that. Now, the Department of Justice gets the money for that part of Tusla that does domestic, sexual and gender-based violence, DSGBV, response. I got a significant increase last year, but it is the Department of Justice’s role now. I am afraid I do not have the detailed figures for the Department of Justice on me right now.