Victim Support Services
Seanad Éireann — 2022-03-09
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Maria Byrne (FG), Agricultural Panel

I thank the Minister of State for that detailed response. Translit in Limerick provides a training course for many interpreters in the context of the sensitive nature of this issue, and it is my understanding that it is the only company that does training in this regard. The Minister of State indicated that the Department is keeping this matter under review and is looking at different ideas. There are organisations like Women's Aid, the Mid-West Rape Crisis Centre and many others to which women can turn for help. However, if people are to be interpreters, they need training, which is something the Minister of State might take back to the Minister. It is such a sensitive area that interpreters have to be taught how to handle it in a very sensitive way in order to make people feel comfortable about reporting.

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Sitting date: 2022-03-09