Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 24 May 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence
Women, Peace and Security: Engagement with the Irish Consortium on Gender Based Violence
Ms Abby Ryan:
We are monitoring the convention less in terms of international development in the humanitarian space than colleagues would be in the domestic sector. However, I engage with colleagues in the domestic sector. I am particularly pleased about the upcoming domestic, sexual and gender-based violence plan. If I am not mistaken, it is due out shortly. I had sight of the draft plan. What pleased me was the strong policy coherence between what was happening at domestic level and in the international space. I am pleased to see the plan advancing. It was a great moment in time when Ireland became a signatory to the Istanbul Convention. Many people were pleased it happened.
I will pass the question on Afghanistan to Mr. Sadlier.
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