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‹ An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business Rape crisis and sexual violence services
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The Deputy highlighted the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre’s growing caseload, homelessness-related vulnerability, image-based sexual violence and cyber abuse. She pressed for an urgent debate on the issue.
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The Dublin Rape Crisis Centre today said in its annual report that it had 24,000 contacts last year. That is up 5% from 2024 and up 29% from 2023. Almost 31% of them were first-time contacts. There was a huge fear among people who were at risk of becoming homeless. They then stay in their accommodation, whether it is live-in landlords or housemates abusing them. A large number of young people also spoke about image-based sexual violence and cyber abuse. We need an urgent debate-----
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------in this House about that issue.