Mr. John McDaid:

It concerns me at a general level but the gateways to our service are likely to be the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, DPP, or NGOs because I surmise that they are the first ports of call for victims, or, indeed, the Garda, which will have initiated the prosecution and taken a complainant's statement. The Garda is aware of the service and the details of the service are on its website as well as our own. I do not know what else we can do to promote its use.

Where the issue of prior sexual history is at play, for want of a better phrase, in a case, we provide representation. We provided representation in 47 such cases last year.