The funding of intervention programmes for perpetrators of domestic violence is an important element of Cosc's work.

There are currently thirteen domestic violence perpetrator programmes in Ireland. Twelve are operated by two voluntary services funded by Cosc. Two operate in Dublin, one each in Wicklow, Cork, Athlone, Limerick/Clare, Galway, North Tipperary, Wexford, South Tipperary, Carlow/Kilkenny and Clonmel.

There is also a Probation Service programme operating in the North East of the country, called North East Domestic Violence Intervention Project (NEDVIP).

MOVE (Men Overcoming Violence) Ireland began in 1989. Their programme comprises of 13 steps, originally designed to run as a rolling programme, so that men could join at any point, with discretion from the facilitator about an appropriate time for new members to join. During the last few years, MOVE Ireland decided to pilot the CHANGE manual, developed in Scotland for use with men mandated to attend by the criminal justice system. The programme lasts 26 weeks and is designed to run as a fixed term programme, with no new members after the first few weeks. Currently, 3 of the MOVE groups are using the CHANGE programme in some way and more are considering using it.

The South East Domestic Violence Intervention Project comprises four independent groups, each formed in 2000 from a larger multi-agency group and now constituted separately. They link together with support and co-ordination from the Men's Development Network, as the SEDVIP. SEDVIP was established in response to the Report of the Task Force on Violence against Women 1997 which called for a multi-agency approach supported by coordination at all levels.

Each programme operates independently at point of delivery, with specific staff at each site responsible for assessing men, carrying out group work programmes with male perpetrators of domestic violence and carrying out contact and support with partners of men on programmes. The exact nature of each programme varies with location as each separate programme makes its own decisions about programme content etc.