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motion; I will not go through them again. Suffice it to say, there has been a record number of calls to Women's Aid and a shocking increase in the number of calls to the Garda, something that emerged in replies to parliamentary questions to the Minister. There … trouble of reporting the most personal injury to themselves, and find the second trauma is the court and legal system. I ask him to take that on board and listen to what people are saying. One of the most positive developments we have seen in the past year

violence in childhood or adulthood; — 35 per cent of women, have experienced psychological, physical and/or sexual abuse from an intimate partner; — ... Women's Aid ... [were told of over 40,000] disclosures of abuse [in 2023]; — Gardaí responded to over 65,000 domestic abuse incidents … really worrying and really depressing. The time for talking has long since gone; we obviously need action immediately. As Deputy Coppinger said, the legal and courts system creates huge difficulties for victims in this situation. It effectively retraumatises them and feeds into a situation where only

created by Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory"; and — the ICJ further found that all states are "under an obligation not to render aid or assistance in maintaining the situation created by Israel’s illegal presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory"; recalls that: — on 24th January, 2018, Senator … Gael, in the aftermath of the election; — on 22nd October, 2024, then Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Micheál Martin TD, having received legal advice in relation to the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018, welcomed that the advisory opinion of the ICJ stated that states

Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if his Department sets the fees for solicitors on the Legal Aid Board's private panels or only sets out the overall budget. [2505/25