Séamus Kirk (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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Question 452: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of grant aid given by State agencies under his control to woman's refuges in each of the past three years. [14004/12]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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The following tabular statement sets out the amounts paid by my Department to domestic violence refuges in the years 2009 to 2011, inclusive.

Grant Aid to Women's Refuges 2009- 2011.

Core funding for domestic violence refuges is provided by the Health Service Executive and the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government funds maintenance costs through the relevant local authority. I also understand that other funding schemes, for which refuges may apply, are run from time to time by State bodies and Government Departments including the Community area of the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government.