Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 18 April 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality

General Scheme of the Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Agency Bill: Discussion

Ms Mary McDermott:

We really believe that this new agency needs innovative methodologies about everything. The politics of representation which we referred to in our opening statement is really complex. Look at the cumbersome nature of the monitoring committee prior to this. There is no one in the room who would deny how difficult that was. This issue of how representation, presence and decision making itself needs a bit of work but we think that can be done. It is not a simple replication of what has been done before and new methodologies need to be brought in here; everything from departmental right down to survivor, family and community engagement and everything we have been discussing.

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