Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 9 February 2022
Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach
Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (Revised)
Vote 2 - Taoiseach (Revised)
Vote 3 - Attorney General (Revised)
Vote 5 - Director of Public Prosecutions (Revised)
Vote 6 - Chief State Solicitor's Office (Revised)
Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source
My time is limited and while I did not intend to go there, in relation to the Estimates, the Taoiseach confirmed in a parliamentary question that the Cabinet committee on social affairs and equality met in November 2020 and November 2021, I believe. I am not sure of the next time it will meet. The Taoiseach reiterated that the Cabinet committee on social affairs and equality will be fully utilised to bring dedicated focus to domestic, sexual and gender-based violence, to ensure oversight of the issue from his Department and that he would take a role in this. Has the Taoiseach allocated any budget or resources to this new oversight function for the third strategy on domestic, sexual and gender-based violence to the Cabinet committee that is now charged with bringing forward that focused view? Can the Taoiseach let us know when it is next to meet?
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