Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 31 March 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality

Recommendations of Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed)

Photo of Fintan WarfieldFintan Warfield (Sinn Fein)
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I thank all of our witnesses. Something that arose when Dr. Saidléar spoke is that there is no almost data on domestic, sexual and gender-based violence compiled by the State, at least since the Sexual Abuse and Violence in Ireland, SAVI, report. The Department of Justice in 2018 charged the Central Statistics Office, CSO, with compiling and delivering a national survey on the prevalence of sexual violence. To Dr. Saidléar's knowledge, are the findings of the CSO's pilot survey reflected in the third national strategy? This will be a regular survey on a regular basis. Is she satisfied that it is capturing the data needed by the sector?