Brian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I thank Ms McPhillips for that. I wish to ask about the domestic violence refuges. This is being held up by Ms McPhillips's Department. I refer to the nine new domestic violence centres, which are badly needed. I am in a county where there is none, namely, County Laois. There is none in Offaly. Victims of domestic violence and children sometimes are going long distances and out of the county. It is a problem. Along with the trauma of the domestic violence, there is the trauma of people moving away from their families and children moving away from their school and doctor and all of the other services. The Istanbul Convention outlines that in this State there should be 490 spaces. How many do we have?