Ms Uruemu Adejinmi:

In terms of the refuge, definitely the current system needs to be looked at. Either the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage or Tusla should have full responsibility, but perhaps not Tusla because of what the organisation stands for. There needs to be a particular focus on the woman, on the victim. The children are also victims, often, by association, for witnessing and being traumatised by what they witness but there needs to be an increased focus in terms of providing refuge and then stepping it up to providing stand-alone accommodation.

Another current issue is if the family have a mortgage, for example, for the victim to access, if the woman has to leave the home. That was an example that has been given because of the pressure of family. The woman has to flee the home. She cannot get access straight away to social housing because of the joint-----