Catherine Ardagh (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank Nora for her presentation. It feels wrong to call her by her name as Ms Owen was Minister for Justice when I was growing up. I thank her for making the presentation and everybody involved with the group. It is doing incredible work. I am glad Ms Owen touched on the fact that we are seeing much gender-based violence in Ireland so it is not just happening in conflict areas. She said her group is tackling gender-based violence in direct provision-type settings, as well as other settings arising from conflict zones, including the human trafficking of women and children.

How is the group funded? Does funding come from the Irish Government or the UN Security Council? Is there much scope for interaction with our representative on the UN Security Council. The group does great work and I am glad to support it. If the committee can do anything to highlight this work or support in any other way, we would be delighted to do it.