Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation
Dail Éireann — 2023-04-20
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Catherine Connolly (IND), Galway West

I am acutely conscious of the report yesterday about the prevalence of violence, including sexual violence, in our community. That report comes more than 20 years after the Sexual Abuse and Violence in Ireland, SAVI, report, which told us in no uncertain terms of the prevalence of violence more than 20 years ago. In that context I am raising the issue of a front-line organisation that has been working on the ground in Oughterard, County Galway for more than 34 years and is struggling with core funding. This is an organisation based in Oughterard atá ag cur séirbhísí ar fáil i gConamara freisin i mBéarla agus i nGaeilge and it is struggling with core funding. I do not know how this could happen. On one level, the Government tells us it is seriously committed to zero tolerance of all sorts of violence, including domestic violence, yet we have a front-line organisation struggling on the ground.

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Sitting date: 2023-04-20