Dr. Clíona Saidléar:

I echo what Ms Benson has said on the Judicial Council and the work happening there. One of the challenges is that because these three systems are separate and hidden from each other in part, there are assumptions and myths within the professions. The education and intervention happening at present is critical in terms of interrogating the assumptions. Are they based on good evidence? Are they, in fact, helpful or are they myths that are unhelpful? Judges have taken up education from the NGO sector on sexual and domestic violence and on being trauma informed and looking at the issues through a trauma lens.