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‹ An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

Domestic violence audit report

Summary

Deputy Connolly asked when the overdue audit on services for victims of sexual, gender and domestic violence would be published. The Minister promised to check the publication date and said the issue had not been given the attention it deserved.

The programme for Government contains a commitment in respect of taking urgent action against domestic violence and, in particular, carrying out an audit in respect of the segmented services across all Departments for victims of sexual, gender and domestic violence. We were promised that at the end of March but March has come and gone. We were promised it at the end of April but April has come and gone. Can the Minister please tell me when the draft report that has been with the Department for some time will be published and action taken on it?

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I commit to trying to find exactly when it will be published and will have that information transmitted to the Deputy. She is right about the whole issue of domestic and sexual violence not receiving the right level of attention. On a separate but related issue, following the recent cyberattack, the Deputy may have read in the newspapers that the information from some of the assault units was not digitally recorded but was still on paper. On the one hand, that protected us in this instance but, on the other, it showed a lack of urgency or lack of attention and resources regarding domestic violence. I will ask and try to get the information to the Deputy about when the report will be forthcoming.

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