Kathleen Funchion (Carlow-Kilkenny, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I am delighted to hear that. I referenced this in my reply to the budget speech, in particular in regard to what exactly was the extra funding. It is €7 million, which is very welcome. Is there a breakdown of the funding between refuge space and additional income for refuges such as, for example, the Amber refuge in Kilkenny, which I regularly mention and which the Minister, Deputy McEntee, visited a month ago. I always reference two parts to this, first, counselling and how important that is, and, second, the Zero Tolerance strategy, which is vital to all of this. We are never going to get to the end of why these situations keep happening unless, as a society, we look at this and adopt that kind of approach.

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