352. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Health if training is mandated by the HSE for doctors and nurses on existing contracts to recognise signs of domestic, sexual, gender violence and coercive control in patients and family members; the details of the training; the number of times this training is required for an attendee; the number of persons which have attended this training per year since its inception…
Topics / Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsDomestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
155 questions from 45 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 20 October 2026.
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152 written, 3 oral
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| January 2025 | 6 |
| February 2025 | 1 |
| March 2025 | 5 |
| April 2025 | 1 |
| May 2025 | 1 |
| June 2025 | 1 |
| July 2025 | 20 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 4 |
| October 2025 | 10 |
| November 2025 | 32 |
| December 2025 | 11 |
| January 2026 | 5 |
| February 2026 | 13 |
| March 2026 | 2 |
| April 2026 | 7 |
| May 2026 | 20 |
| June 2026 | 1 |
| July 2026 | 5 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 7 |
| October 2026 | 3 |
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The questions
746. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department is considering proposals regarding the creation of a statutory offence or a defined sub-offence under sexual assault specifically addressing sibling sexual abuse; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61296/25]
747. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the actions his Department is taking to make improvements in policy, legislation, and support systems available for people harmed by sibling sexual abuse; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61297/25]
282. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the most recent annual figures for reported Domestic Sexual and Gender-based Violence, by county, for the past five years; the number of incidents reported to the Gardaí, the number of prosecutions initiated, the number of convictions secured per county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60579/25]
283. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for an update on the implementation of the Third National Strategy on Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence; whether key targets for 2025 have been met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60643/25]
284. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of new domestic violence refuge spaces delivered in 2025, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60644/25]
285. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Garda training hours delivered in 2025 on the way in which to respond to domestic and sexual violence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60645/25]
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]
300. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to the appearance of Departmental officials at the Oireachtas Committee on Public Accounts of 23 October 2025 (details suppled) if he will outline the timeframe in which a domestic violence refuge centres will be opened in both Cavan and Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60752/25]
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]
428. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Health if her Department has reviewed the availability of mental health supports for survivors of domestic and sexual violence; her plans to expand access in 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60647/25]
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]