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Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence: Motion [Private Members] (10 Jul 2024)

James Browne: I thank the Social Democrats for tabling this motion on domestic and sexual violence. I acknowledge the emphatic and empathetic contributions made by all of the speakers this morning. As the Minister, Deputy McEntee, outlined, the Government is not opposing this motion. We are all in agreement that we need to keep the momentum of change going in working towards zero tolerance for domestic,...

Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence: Motion [Private Members] (10 Jul 2024)

Joan Collins: I welcome this motion and I commend the Social Democrats for bringing it forward. Adopting a zero-tolerance approach to domestic, sexual and gender-based violence is absolutely crucial in the context of what we have seen in recent times. Every week there seems to be another issue of violence against women or undermining of women in their sporting careers, their workplace, or when they are...

Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence: Motion [Private Members] (10 Jul 2024)

Catherine Connolly: I thank the Social Democrats for bringing this motion forward. Outside of health, housing and climate change, this is the topic about which I have spoken the most since I was elected in February 2016. I am not sure how many more motions I can participate in. This is not related to whether I will be re-elected; I just do not know whether I can keep standing up here repeating figures in...

Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence: Motion [Private Members] (10 Jul 2024)

Michael Ring: As the Deputies for Solidarity-People Before Profit are not present, I call Deputy Canney to speak, please.

Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence: Motion [Private Members] (10 Jul 2024)

Seán Canney: I thank the Cathaoirleach Gníomhach. I welcome the opportunity to speak on this motion and I thank the Social Democrats for bringing it forward. It is timely, given what we saw on television in the past couple of days regarding the FAI, ladies soccer and all that goes with that. It is time to put things in place, educate people and ensure we have a proper society where everybody is...

Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence: Motion [Private Members] (10 Jul 2024)

Michael Healy-Rae: I, too, acknowledge the work that has been done on this Private Members' motion by the Social Democrats. I thank them for the research. I acknowledge the people in their offices put a great deal of effort into this. Sometimes these are the people who do not get thanked for their work. The soft approach to criminal justice in Ireland has been a growing concern, with the Government's...

Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence: Motion [Private Members] (10 Jul 2024)

Michael Ring: I congratulate Deputy Ó Ríordáin and wish him well on his recent election to Europe. I hope it goes well for him.

Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence: Motion [Private Members] (10 Jul 2024)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I thank the Social Democrats for tabling this motion. We in the Labour Party had a similar motion last week. As others have mentioned, Natasha O’Brien is here. It would be unfair for anybody in the Opposition to suggest that the Minister has not been active in this area since her appointment as Minister for Justice. I ask her to continue to do so. However, it is true that there...

Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence: Motion [Private Members] (10 Jul 2024)

Mark Ward: Domestic abuse remains rife in Irish society. A senior garda revealed last week that a staggering 26,000 reports of domestic abuse have been made to gardaí since the beginning of June. Gardaí receive a call about domestic abuse every ten minutes across the State. I have seen first-hand the incredible work done by Saoirse Women's Refuge in my area. It informed me of the stress a...

Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence: Motion [Private Members] (10 Jul 2024)

Brian Stanley: I commend Natasha O'Brien, who is in the Gallery, and thank the Social Democrats for bringing forward this motion. It is another motion, at a time when we need to move from talking to action. According to the Sexual Abuse and Violence in Ireland, SAVI, report, domestic, sexual and gender-based violence is at epidemic levels in our society. All of the reports on this matter show that....

Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence: Motion [Private Members] (10 Jul 2024)

Thomas Gould: When I leave a pub having been out socialising, my friends do not ask me to text them to let them know I got home safe. I do not worry about how I get home if I cannot book a taxi using an app or flag one down on the street. If I do not text my friends, they do not worry about me. If the sun is setting, I do not have to cancel my plans to go for a walk or run. If I am out for a walk on a...

Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence: Motion [Private Members] (10 Jul 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: I commend the Social Democrats on bringing this motion forward. Obviously there needs to be understanding and the delivery of a zero-tolerance policy when we talk about domestic, sexual and gender-based violence. I commend Natasha O'Brien, who has done huge work to highlight what was absolutely necessary. She pointed out some of the issues regarding how victims or survivors are dealt with...

Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence: Motion [Private Members] (10 Jul 2024)

Pauline Tully: I commend the Social Democrats on this motion. We debated a similar one by the Labour Party last week, and we also had statements last week on this issue. We have probably had statements and motions on this issue in every year of this Government's term. Everybody makes relevant points but things are not happening quick enough and change is not coming. The number of reports of domestic...

Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence: Motion [Private Members] (10 Jul 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: I commend the Deputies on moving this motion this morning. Indeed, it is a mirror of motions we have discussed here many times. As the Minister will know, we discuss motions with similar wording year after year. This entails the same plea from the Opposition falling, it would appear, on the Government's deaf ears. There is very little evidence of a zero-tolerance approach. We can all...

Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence: Motion [Private Members] (10 Jul 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: We are here again discussing this motion, for which I thank the Social Democrats, but I wonder how many more motions we will need. I do not see the type of progress needed. In this regard, we should bear in mind Natasha O'Brien, Bláthnaid Raleigh and the women of Women of Honour. Like so many others, I watched in absolute horror the footage concerning the women of the FAI, who are...

Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence: Motion [Private Members] (10 Jul 2024)

Aindrias Moynihan: Before I call Deputy Catherine Murphy, I acknowledge the presence of Natasha O'Brien in the Visitors Gallery. Tá fáilte romhat.

Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence: Motion [Private Members] (10 Jul 2024)

Catherine Murphy: The State has a central responsibility to put systems in place to protect its citizens as much as possible. In this House, we pass criminal justice legislation and rely on the criminal justice system to do its work. There has been a concern about the consistency of sentencing and the Judicial Council Act was passed in 2019. One of its stated aims is public confidence in the Judiciary and...

Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence: Motion [Private Members] (10 Jul 2024)

Helen McEntee: I thank the Deputies for tabling the motion. As I stated in response to a Topical Issue on refuge and accommodation earlier, I welcome the fact we are discussing this issue and I welcome the raising of the issues in the motion. When we finished debating our second motion last week, I called on every one of us to make sure we keep this on the agenda and continue to focus on and prioritise...

Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence: Motion [Private Members] (10 Jul 2024)

Róisín Shortall: Domestic, sexual and gender-based violence should never be tolerated but too often it seems that our institutions are set up to do just that. Women are told to report it and to trust the system, but how can victims be expected to trust a system that so often fails them? While the Minister has demonstrated a commitment to addressing many of these failings, recent controversies have shown...

Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence: Motion [Private Members] (10 Jul 2024)

Gary Gannon: The weekend revelations concerning the abuse of young women soccer players represent the lowest point in the history of scandals involving the Football Association of Ireland, FAI. The absence of FAI safeguards to protect women and young female players was simply unforgivable. It exemplified perfectly the power imbalance that lies at the heart of men's abuse of women. It was deeply...