Mary Fitzpatrick (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

My question is for Dr. Burns. I thank her for her participation today and all the work she is doing. In terms of the updating that is being undertaken by the Minister for Justice of the policy on combating violence against women, gender-based violence and domestic violence, the Minister is pursuing four pillars, namely, prevention, protection, policy and prosecution. The protection part of it primarily relates to housing and the requirement for a commitment to increase the number of refuges and capacity in the existing refuges. I hope Dr. Burns will tell me she or her organisation is engaged in that as a stakeholder and is contributing to it.