Pauline Tully (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

It is really important.

A lot of female constituents come to me who have been in violent relationships. One of the huge difficulties they face is dealing with the justice system, which is very much a male-dominated system, including the courts, the Garda and the prison system. That is an issue given the prevalence of gender-based violence across the island. As Ms DeSouza said, it is extremely prevalent in the North. There needs to be an awareness of that and a real change brought about in terms of understanding how the courts system does not support people in those situations.