James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)
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189. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if funding will be provided to an organisation (details supplied) for additional child and adolescent psychotherapy under the gender and domestic violence programme of the organisation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8857/19]

Katherine Zappone (Dublin South West, Independent)
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Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, provides funding through its Domestic Sexual and Gender Based Violence (DSGBV) Programme to 16 organisations throughout the country that deliver counselling and support services to victims of sexual violence.

The organisation to which the Deputy refers is one of the 16 funded services for victims of sexual violence, and has received the following funding from Tusla since 2016.

This organisation provides counselling and other support services to young people aged 14 years and older, and to adult victims of sexual violence.

Tusla is commissioning a review of the current provision of therapeutic services by Tusla-funded organisations to young people, who have experienced sexual violence. The review is due to be completed this year and will inform Tusla's future commissioning of services for victims of sexual violence.

Tusla has advised that the organisation to which the Deputy refers has applied for additional funding to support its counselling work with older children. Tusla will consider this application with reference to the findings of its finalised review of therapeutic services provided to young people who have experienced sexual violence and within the limits of available resources.

Tusla will continue to work closely with service providers to support children and young people at risk and the effective functioning of families.