Written answers
Tuesday, 23 July 2024
Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
Domestic Violence
Pa Daly (Kerry, Sinn Fein)
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1031.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 1062 of 17 January 2024, the current capital spend allocated to the construction of new domestic violence shelters; and the breakdown of the locations of any planned new shelters, in tabular form. [31134/24]
Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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The table below sets out the details of the capital allocated by my Department to the construction of new domestic violence refuges. The locations of planned new refuges will be a matter, in the first place, for my colleague the Minister for Justice, in the context of the 3rd National Strategy on Domestic, Sexual and Gender Based Violence.
| Location | No. of DVR units | Status | Approved Costs* |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louth | 12 | Pre Planning Approval in place | €6,214,524 |
| Meath | 12 | Pre Planning Approval in place | €4,534,396 |
| Wexford | 12 | Construction commenced January 2023 | €6,457,789 |
| Cork City | 20 | Initial Funding Approval in place | €11,336,710 |
| Dun Laoghaire Rathdown | 12 | Initial Funding Approval in place | €6,423,348 |
| Fingal | 13 | Initial Funding Approval in place | €7,290,991 |
| Offaly | 3 | Properties acquired, currently being refurbished | €790,442 |
*Budgets as shown are subject to change as projects advance through planning, design, procurement, etc.
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