Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
Dail Éireann — 2023-01-18
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Holly Cairns (SD), Cork South-West

I thank the Minister of State for her response and for outlining all the actions the Government has been taking. I also thank her for telling her story about what happened today. Well done. She is right that such behaviour absolutely needs to be reported. A key point she raised is that for too long only half the population have been having this conversation. Girls and women know this reality inside out. We need structures and resources to help men have these necessary discussions.
The Minister of State spoke about how we are seeing people report these crimes more and more and how good that is from a generational perspective but, to take cases of rape as an isolated example outside all other gender-based violence, less than 1% of victims get justice. Even though we have moved some bit forward, it is important for us to recognise how far we have to go. The figure is less than 1%.

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Sitting date: 2023-01-18