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Domestic, Sexual and Gender Based Violence Services
From Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
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Sexual Violence and Domestic Violence Services assist individuals, children, and families who experience domestic violence and abuse. Tusla, the Child and Family Agency has identified domestic violence as an important service area to focus on during this public health emergency.
All local support services remain available for anyone experiencing or at risk of domestic, sexual or gender based violence.
Help is available at the following numbers:
- Garda Síochána (24 hours) 999/112 or your local Garda station
- Women’s Aid National Domestic Violence 24/7 Freephone Helpline 1800 341 900
- Dublin Rape Crisis Centre National Sexual Violence 24/7 Freephone Helpline 1800 778 888
- Men’s Development Network Male Advice Line 1800 816 588
- Mens Aid Ireland 01 5543811
Still Here is an awareness campaign directed at victims of domestic abuse. It reassures victims that they will receive the highest priority from civil and criminal justice systems at a time when people are being asked to stay at home for longer. Still Here includes a map of services by county as well as details of national helplines.
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Tusla has been taking measures to ensure services are responsive to the needs of victims of all domestic, sexual and gender-based violence. These measures include:
- ensuring that staffing is adequate to manage demand and contingency due to impact of COVID-19 through additional funding for staff replacement;
- working with providers to identify additional accommodation capacity to respond to individual cases;
- providing additional financial support, PPE equipment and direct ICT resources to enable safety and continuity of service provision.
Tusla has provided an additional €2m in COVID-19 related funding to DSGBV organisations in 2020 to support this.
In 2021, a total of €30m in funding will be made available to DSGBV services. This includes a €2.7m increase in core funding to €28m, with an additional €2m of once-off contingency funding also being made available to help services cope with the ongoing effects of Covid-19.
