Written answers
Thursday, 10 February 2005
Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
Crime Prevention
5:00 pm
Jim O'Keeffe (Cork South West, Fine Gael)
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Question 208: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the funds and grants which are available from his Department or agencies responsible thereto to support initiatives to combat anti-social behaviour; the details of such funding, including the amounts expended in 2004 and the amount available in 2005. [4383/05]
Michael McDowell (Dublin South East, Progressive Democrats)
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The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following tabular statement:
| Initiative | Funding Provided in 2004 | Allocation for 2005 |
| 64 Garda Youth Diversion Projects and 7 mainstreamed Local Drugs taskforce Projects which are a crime prevention initiative designed to engage with young people who have been identified as being at risk of involvement in criminal or anti-social behaviour. | â'¬5.381m | â'¬5.471m |
| Leanbh which aims to address the child protection issues of children begging on the streets of Dublin. | â'¬50,000.00 | â'¬50,000.00 |
| "Copping On" Programme which involves the training of youth workers who engage with groups of "at risk" juveniles with the aim of getting them to confront their offending behaviour. | â'¬40,000.00 | â'¬40,000.00 |
| 15 programmes for perpetrators of Domestic Violence | â'¬270,000 | â'¬450,000 |
| Pilot Domestic Violence Intervention Project | â'¬160,000 | â'¬182,000 |
| Community based CCTV Schemes as an aid to local policing | Nil | €1.0m (70% of the capital cost of the scheme subject to a max. of €100,000) |
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