Written answers
Thursday, 17 October 2024
Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
Housing Provision
Jim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail)
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212. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide details of the refuge units delivered by her Department since 2020, and to provide in tabular form the cost of each unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42254/24]
Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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My Department currently supports an agreed programme of new Domestic Violence Refuges via the Capital Assistance Scheme (CAS). CAS also supports the acquisition of individual properties as 'Safe Houses'. Operational costs for Refuges are a matter for my colleague, the Minister for Justice.
Domestic Violence Refuge units and Safe Houses can also be provided through other sources outside of my Department's funding role.
Since 2020, there have been 28 Domestic Violence units/Safe Houses delivered that were funded via CAS, as set out below.
| Location | Funding Scheme | DV Service Provider | Year Delivered | No. Units | Approved Budget | Cost per Unit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wexford | CAS Construction | Wexford Women's Refuge | 2024 | 12 | €6,457,789 | €538,149 |
| Galway | CAS Construction | Modh Eile & COPE Galway | 2020 | 9 | €2,515,352 | €279,484 |
| Drogheda | CAS Acquisition | Drogheda Women's & Children's Refuge | 2024 | 1 | €245,752 | €245,752 |
| Offaly | CAS Acquisition | Offaly DVSS & Oaklee AHB | 2024 | 3 | 790442 | €263,481 |
| Donegal | CAS Acquisition | Donegal Women's VHA | 2021 | 3 | €316,345 | €105,448 |
| 28 | €10,325,680 | €286,463 |
Jim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail)
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213. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide details of the cost of delivering 150 more refuge units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42258/24]
Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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My Department currently supports an agreed programme of new Domestic Violence Refuges via the Capital Assistance Scheme/CAS. Operational costs for such Refuges are a matter for my colleague, the Minister for Justice.
New Domestic Violence Refuges currently under development as part of this programme, or recently completed via CAS, as part of the 3rd National DSGBV Strategy, are averaging €560,000 per family refuge unit, including all ancillary facilities such as counselling rooms, staff accommodation, communal spaces and outdoor play spaces.
On this basis, an additional 150 family accommodation units in DV Refuges would be expected to incur a capital cost of €84 million.
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