Ms Mary O'Toole:

Yes, because obviously one has a woman who may be quite vulnerable who does not know what to do or who to approach and has not got legal representation and cannot fund legal representation and does not know who to talk to about her circumstances. It usually depends on the individual and whether she can access advice which outlines her rights to her. It should be borne in mind that this not an area of practice that is particularly common so the number of lawyers with the specialist knowledge required is quite small. All those kinds of difficulties stand in the way, and that goes for children as well as people who cannot move because they are in the asylum or immigration system in some way which curtails the right to travel.