Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 21 October 2015

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality

General Scheme of the Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill: Discussion

10:00 am

Ms Jacinta De Paor:

I am speaking not as a social scientist, but as a psychologist. I do not think society is getting uglier. I think reportage is increasing. We are lifting the veil as Ms Gleeson has said. We are hearing more about what is happening. It was happening behind closed doors.