Eight new family refuge units for victims of domestic, sexual and gender-based violence to open this year

The 2024 implementation plan announced by Minister McEntee on Monday also included an objective that active planning and engagement will get underway at the end of this year for the delivery of 150 additional family refuge units.

Eight new family refuge units for victims of domestic, sexual and gender-based violence are set to open this year.

The units are part of an implementation plan for the government’s Zero Tolerance strategy, according to the Justice Minister, They will be delivered while work will get underway on a further 25 such units, pledged Helen McEntee.