317. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of domestic abuse refuge beds in Cork in each of the past five years, in tabular form. [54087/26]

This Government has taken unprecedented actions to confront the scourge of domestic, sexual, and gender-based violence (DSGBV). This includes increasing funding to almost €80 million under Budget 2026, to support Cuan and services working to tackle DSGBV and the implementation of the Zero Tolerance Strategy.

Cuan is collaborating with various stakeholders, including domestic violence services, Approved Housing Bodies, the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, the Housing Agency and Local Authorities to facilitate local action and support service development and delivery of safe accommodation and ancillary services.

Cuan have advised that the were 11 Domestic Violence Accommodation units in Cork in 2024 and 2025, including Safe Homes and similar.

In 2026, Domestic Violence Accommodation includes:

• Cuanlee Refuge has 11 units of Refuge Accommodation, 5 of which are in Bessborough

• West Cork Beacon has 1 Safe Home

• YANA (You Are Not Alone) has 2 Safe Homes

There are further domestic violence accommodation plans in development for the Cork area:

• Cuanlee Women’s Refuge in partnership with Good Shepherd Cork (GSC) are developing a 16-unit refuge. This will comprise five new units and 11 replacement units.

• West Cork Beacon (West Cork Women Against Violence Project) are to develop a five-unit refuge.

• YANA (You Are Not Alone) in partnership with GSC have plans to develop a 10-unit Refuge.

Data is not available prior to the establishment of Cuan in 2024, as policy and funding functions were distributed across a range of bodies including my Department and Tusla.