Charles Flanagan (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I am going to go back to Ms Van Lieshout now before I come back to members. A considerable number of issues have been raised by Deputies Brady and Clarke. Deputy Clarke mentioned the vital issue of gender-based violence. As Chair of this committee, I express regret and concern at developments in Turkey where the Turkish Government has unilaterally withdrawn from the Istanbul Convention. That is a most retrograde step and I hope it will be the subject of a rethink at the earliest opportunity.