Mr. Greg Heylin:

I appreciate where the Deputy is coming from in that regard. I reiterate that it is Government policy and within that Government policy the Reception and Integration Agency is doing the very best it can, for instance in the introduction of the new protocol on sexual and gender-based violence within the centres. That is not just going to deal with incidents in the centres, but it will raise awareness of the residents to the services provided by rape-crisis centres and domestic violence services. We have evidence that people are using those facilities or using rape-crisis centres from the statistics that Rape Crisis Network Ireland gathers. The awareness of those services will be increased within the RIA centres through the new protocol and the staff will be trained and tuned in to the whole issue of gender-based violence within the centres. Once people are listening for gender-based violence, they will hear it much more broadly and will not just be hearing of incidents that might happen in the centres. They will begin to create an environment where people will be able to come forward and say, "I was raped in a war situation and I need some service and assistance."