IRELAND FAILING WOMEN AT RISK
Irish Daily Mirror|January 14, 2023
Refuge spaces 'woefully' low
LOUISE BURNE
IRELAND FAILING WOMEN AT RISK

JUST 36 new refuge spaces were opened in the last two years despite calls for the Government to drastically increase provision across the country.

Figures released to Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald show three counties have lost refuge spaces, while seven didn't gain any additional places.

Tusla confirmed to the TD that 181 domestic violence accommodation units were operational in 2022.

This was up from 145 that were normally operational in 2020 before the pandemic and 140 spaces that were in use in 2021.

A report from Tusla in February 2022 stated 60 new family places/units need to be put in place "urgently".

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