Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman (Amendment) Bill 2023: Committee Stage
Seanad Éireann — 2025-04-01
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Patricia Stephenson (SD), Labour Panel

What this amendment is not in line with is the Istanbul Convention on Violence Against Women and Girls and our obligation as a State to protect survivors of violence. That is my one comment on that. I do not think it is in the spirit of the case that there is not fairness when it comes to survivors being forced to sit in a room with their abuser. It is something to be cognisant of.

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Sitting date: 2025-04-01