Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael)
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393. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will urgently review the need of a centre (details supplied) to expand its childcare services to cater for the wide range of children entering its services; if he will fund a feasibility study or community consultation on the need of the provision and the identification of potential premises and spaces in the adjoining area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12655/22]

Roderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party)
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I have referred the question to Tusla for direct response to the Deputy as the matter raised is an operational matter for Tusla.

I have no plans to directly commission a study as the Deputy suggests, this would be a matter for Tusla as an operational concern. 

Tusla’s recently published ‘Review of the Provision of Accommodation for Victims of Domestic Violence’ assesses the current and requisite distribution of safe emergency accommodation and has examined the current level of refuge provision, evidence of demand for services and unmet need, and analysis of proximity to refuge by local communities.

Government will be guided by the recommendations of the Review. I expect that the implementation process for the Review will identify priority areas where there is greatest urgency in achieving safe accommodation for victims of DSGBV.