Written answers
Tuesday, 15 February 2022
Department of Justice and Equality
Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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563. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 510 of 25 January 2022, if she will provide a full reply. [7560/22]
Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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In Parliamentary Question No. 510 for answer on 25 January 2022, you requested information on my Department's total capital and current expenditure budget for 2021 and 2022 for domestic, sexual and gender-based violence. Unfortunately, at that time, I was not in a position to provide the information within the timeframe permitted but I am happy to be able to provide it to you now.
As I know you aware, tackling domestic violence in all its forms is a key priority for me and for this Government.
Under Budget 2022, I secured increased funding for combatting domestic abuse and sexual violence and increased funding for supporting victims of crime - a total of €13m has been allocated to further our work in these important areas.
This includes an additional €2.4m allocated for specific awareness raising and training programmes on DSGBV, bringing to €5.35m the funding available for combatting domestic sexual and gender based violence.
€4.9m has been allocated to supporting Victims of Crime. Many of the groups who are provided funding under the Victims of Crime Scheme have a primary remit to support victims of domestic and sexual violence. However, I would like to state that my Department provides funding to a number of other organisations that support victims of crime more generally and who, as part of their work, may also play a role in helping domestic and sexual violence victims recover from the trauma that they have been subjected to.
This is, of course, separate to the primary funding that Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, under the aegis of the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, provide for the care and protection of victims of domestic, sexual and gender-based violence (DSGBV) and of course Tusla are, at this time, the primary funders of organisations that deliver frontline services.
As the allocation of the 2022 budget of €5.35m for combatting domestic sexual and gender based violence has not yet been finalised, I am not in a position to provide a breakdown of this time.
I can however provide the breakdown of the 2021 budget under our combatting domestic sexual and gender based violence budget heading:
| Budget Heading | Amount |
|---|---|
| Domestic Violence Perpetrator Programmes | €955,839 |
| Grants to NGOs for educational, legal and research programmes | €273,705 |
| Awareness Campaign's run by the Department to tackle Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence | €1,448,460 |
As noted above, funding is also provided by my Department to assist organisations that support victims of crime and some of these organisations have, as their primary remit, supporting victims of domestic, sexual and gender based violence. To be of assistance to the Deputy, I have also provided information in the table below on the funding provided in 2021 to these organisations which was made available through our Victims of Crime subhead.
| Organisation | Amount | |
|---|---|---|
| Adapt Domestic Abuse Services (Limerick) | €68,000 | Domestic Violence |
| Amal Women’s Association | €40,800 | Domestic Violence |
| Amen | €22,000 | Domestic Violence |
| Aoibhneas | €25,482 | Domestic Violence |
| Ascend | €18,477 | Domestic Violence |
| Bray Women's Refuge | €14,400 | Domestic Violence |
| Carlow Women's Aid | €26,000 | Domestic Violence |
| Clare Haven Services | €15,000 | Domestic Violence |
| Cuan Saor Women's Refuge Ltd. | €26,000 | Domestic Violence |
| Domestic Violence Advocacy Centre (Sligo)(formerally Waves) | €15,000 | Domestic Violence |
| Domestic Violence Response Galway | €12,000 | Domestic Violence |
| Donegal Women's Domestic Violence Service | €19,200 | Domestic Violence |
| Drogheda Women's Refuge and Children's Refuge Cent | €12,000 | Domestic Violence |
| Esker House Women's Refuge | €12,800 | Domestic Violence |
| Greystones Family Resource Centre | €4,000 | Domestic Violence |
| Kerry Womens Refuge and Support Services (Adapt) | €74,000 | Domestic Violence |
| Kilkenny Women's Refuge Ltd (Amber) | €12,000 | Domestic Violence |
| Laois Domestic Abuse Service | €25,000 | Domestic Violence |
| Lifeline Inishowen | €8,568 | Domestic Violence |
| Longford Women's Link | €25,000 | Domestic Violence |
| Meath Women's Refuge | €40,000 | Domestic Violence |
| Mna Feasa Domestic Violence Project | €5,990 | Domestic Violence |
| OASIS HOUSE WOMEN'S Refuge | €12,000 | Domestic Violence |
| Offaly Domestic Violence Support Service | €15,000 | Domestic Violence |
| OSS Cork | €5,500 | Domestic Violence |
| Roscommon Safe Link | €20,000 | Domestic Violence |
| SAFE Ireland | €47,000 | Domestic Violence |
| Saoirse Housing Association | €24,000 | Domestic Violence |
| Teach Tearmainn Housing Association Company Ltd. | €5,600 | Domestic Violence |
| Tearmann Housing Association | €20,000 | Domestic Violence |
| West Cork Womens Project | €8,000 | Domestic Violence |
| Westmeath Support Service against Domestic Abuse | €20,000 | Domestic Violence |
| Wexford Women's Refuge | €15,514 | Domestic Violence |
| Women's Aid Dublin | €180,158 | Domestic Violence |
| Women's Aid Dundalk | €16,000 | Domestic Violence |
| You Are Not Alone (YANA) | €3,200 | Domestic Violence |
| Dublin Rape Crisis Centre | €280,833 | Sexual Violence |
| One in Four | €182,698 | Sexual Violence |
| Rape Crisis Network | €65,500 | Sexual Violence |
| Sexual Violence Centre Cork | €26,000 | Sexual Violence |
I hope that this information is of help to you and I would like to thank you for your patience while we compiled the figures.
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