Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance)
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927. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number and name of women's refuges nationwide; the funding models for running the refuges; the up-front costs for sourcing the buildings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11560/20]

Katherine Zappone (Dublin South West, Independent)
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Tusla currently provides support, coordination and funding to some 60 organisations around the country that deliver front line services to victims of domestic, sexual and gender-based violence (DSGBV). The Tusla website provides information on refuges across the country:

With regard to any future provision of refuge spaces, and the costs of sourcing buildings, it should be noted that the responsibility for capital investment in new refuges falls under the remit of a number of Government bodies. Tusla has been in contact with funded organisations in relation to a Strategic Review of Domestic Violence Accommodation to inform Tusla's future commissioning of domestic violence emergency accommodation services, and to ensure that the evolving needs of service users are met. Tusla will carry out further engagements as the year progresses with a view to finalising the review.  Future developments will be informed by the findings of the review and the recommendations of the Monitoring Committee of the National Strategy on Domestic, Sexual and Gender Based Violence.

I have requested Tusla to respond directly to the Deputy with regard to individual services that provide emergency refuge accommodation to victims of domestic violence and the funding models agreed with Tusla for those organisations.