Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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1084. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the departmental funding to each domestic violence refuge in each of the past five years. [46661/17]

Katherine Zappone (Dublin South West, Independent)
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Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, has statutory responsibility for the care and protection of victims of domestic, sexual and gender based violence whether in the context of the family or otherwise. At all times, Tusla’s key priority is to ensure that the needs of victims of domestic violence are being met in the best way possible.

A network of some 60 organisations provide services to victims of domestic, sexual and gender based violence in Ireland, including 20 services providing emergency refuge accommodation to women and children and 24 community-based domestic violence services.

Details of total Tusla funding for domestic violence services in the years 2014 up to June 2017 is set out in the table. Tusla does not hold funding details for domestic violence services prior to 2014 as these services were previously delivered through the Health Service Executive.