18. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for an update on the work of Cuan in County Louth. [70469/26]
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866. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of people who accessed Cuan-funded services in 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; and the number unable to access accommodation or specialist assistance when requested. [64724/26]
954. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health to provide details for each hospital of the number and share of staff who have completed the DSGBV and intercultural modules, by medical and dental staff, nursing and midwifery staff, allied health professionals, social workers. healthcare assistants and administrative and support staff. [69417/25]
956. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health the hospitals where fewer than 25%, 50% and 75% of staff have completed the DSGBV and intercultural modules; and the interventions which are being implemented to raise training uptake. [69419/25]
959. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 434 of 6 November 2025, to clarify the courses which are mandatory, recommended, or optional for staff working in maternity, sexual health, and frontline services dealing with trauma or DSGBV; and the rationale for the current status of each. [69422/25]
286. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if her Department will provide resources for the creation of structured interagency forums in IPAS centres, to ensure coordination of services, avoid duplication, and enhance accountability in responding to domestic and sexual violence. [60672/25]
287. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the measures that will be taken to address the current lack of national data on the prevalence and nature of domestic, sexual and gender-based violence among women in IPAS; and if he will commission a prevalence study similar to those undertaken in other EU states. [60673/25]
288. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will ensure that the experience and data emerging from projects such as the Safe Harbour Project are systematically captured and integrated into CUAN's national policy planning, rather than remaining as isolated localised evidence. [60674/25]
289. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the safeguards in place to ensure that women disclosing abuse within IPAS are not placed at further risk due to cohabitation with perpetrators or visibility of accessing support services; and if risk assessments are conducted in such cases. [60675/25]
290. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will review the provision of interpretation and translation supports at the initial court application stage for international protection applicants seeking domestic violence orders, given evidence that the absence of interpreters at this stage has led to adjournments and delays in protection. [60676/25]
291. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the reason the 2014 Reception and Integration Agency policy document on safeguarding international protection applicants from domestic, sexual and gender-based violence has not been reviewed or updated in over a decade, despite significant changes in asylum and displacement trends during that period; and if he will set out a timelin…
292. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the reason the current national strategy on domestic, sexual and gender-based violence does not contain a policy statement or detailed actions in relation to asylum seekers and refugees, given that they are identified as a particularly vulnerable group; and if he will commit to rectifying this omission in the next iteration of the s…
293. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will ensure that future national policy statements on domestic, sexual, and gender-based violence include targeted measures for those residing in International Protection Accommodation Services; and if he will consult directly with specialist services such as a refuge centre (details supplied) in this regard. [60684/25]
294. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the steps CUAN, the national policy statements on domestic, sexual, and gender-based violence agency, is taking to ensure that the development of its new National Services Development Plan adequately reflects the specific needs of women and children seeking international protection; and if ringfenced funding will be provided for ded…
295. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if CUAN will develop clear inter-agency protocols for preventing and responding to policy statements on domestic, sexual, and gender-based violence within IPAS, in line with best practice models already operating in other EU member states such as Croatia, Cyprus, and Spain. [60686/25]
296. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the reason formal inter-agency protocols between accommodation providers, NGOs, and statutory agencies on policy statements on domestic, sexual, and gender-based violence response in IPAS have not yet been developed; and if he will commit to the establishment of such protocols on a statutory basis. [60691/25]
350. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if structured community education programmes will be developed within IPAS to inform women of their rights in Ireland in relation to domestic and sexual violence, given that many residents come from countries where such protections are limited or absent. [60677/25]
430. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health if HIQA has undertaken inspections of IPAS centres specifically focused on compliance with policy statements on domestic, sexual, and gender-based violence safeguards since the introduction of the 2019 National Standards for Accommodation; and if such inspection reports are publicly available. [60687/25]
431. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health if HIQA plans to update or expand its inspection criteria for IPAS to include explicit standards relating to policy statements on domestic, sexual, and gender-based violence prevention, reporting, and response; and when this will take effect. [60688/25]
432. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health if her Department will establish dedicated sexual violence and sexual health clinics accessible to international protection applicants, given concerns raised by women regarding past experiences of sexual violence and the absence of accessible therapeutic supports. [60689/25]
433. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health if she will consider the establishment of satellite counselling and therapeutic services within or adjacent to IPAS centres, to ensure persons with experiences of sexual violence or coercive control can access trauma-informed care without prohibitive barriers such as transport or childcare. [60690/25]
434. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health if her Department will ensure that maternity and sexual health services provided to women in IPAS are culturally competent and trauma-informed, recognising that many women have disclosed experiences of sexual violence both prior to and during their journey to Ireland. [60693/25]