Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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500. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the funding provided to a centre (details supplied) in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10711/19]

Katherine Zappone (Dublin South West, Independent)
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Under the Child and Family Agency Act, 2013, Tusla, the Child and Family Agency has statutory responsibility for the care and protection of victims of domestic, sexual or gender based violence whether in the context of the family or otherwise.

Tusla funds 16 Rape Crisis Centres which provide a range of services to victims of sexual violence including:

- a helpline to support callers, answer questions and provide information,

- counselling and support,

- advocacy,

- provision of a trained person to accompany clients to a doctor or Sexual Assault Treatment Unit,

- presentations/talks to various groups and students at second and third level, 

- awareness raising activities.

Funding allocated to Rape Crisis Centres since the establishment of Tusla in 2014 is highlighted in Table 1.

Table 1: Funding Allocation to Rape Crisis Centres 2016-2019

Funding cited for 2014-2018 represents the total funding provided, which includes core funding for the year and any additional resources that were required due to service demands.

Tusla has advised that funding for 2019 has yet to be finalised.

Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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501. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the funding provided to the 16 services of the State for victims of sexual violence in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; the amount of this funding that has been allocated to rape crisis centres; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10712/19]

Katherine Zappone (Dublin South West, Independent)
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Under the Child and Family Agency Act, 2013, Tusla, the Child and Family Agency has statutory responsibility for the care and protection of victims of domestic, sexual or gender based violence whether in the context of the family or otherwise.

Tusla funds 16 Rape Crisis Centres which provide a range of services to victims of sexual violence including:

- a helpline to support callers, answer questions and provide information,

- counselling and support,

- advocacy,

- provision of a trained person to accompany clients to a doctor or Sexual Assault Treatment Unit,

- presentations/talks to various groups and students at second and third level, 

- awareness raising activities.

Funding allocated to Rape Crisis Centres since the establishment of Tusla in 2014 is highlighted in Table 1 below.

Table 1: Funding Allocation to Rape Crisis Centres 2016-2019

Funding cited for 2014-2018 represents the total funding provided, which includes core funding for the year and any additional resources that were required due to service demands.

Tusla has advised that funding for 2019 has yet to be finalised.