Holly Cairns (Cork South West, Social Democrats)
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I have a last point on confidentiality and about rural areas specifically. Research was carried out in west Cork, where West Cork Women Against Violence is located. It transpired that how women in rural areas come to disclose, report or seek help is different to how they do so in more built-up areas, because of how difficult it is to maintain confidentiality in a rural area. Women often went to their general practitioner. They could be going in for a cough or such, so they are safe and no one will know what they are doing. That is one example of how it is different in a rural area, where people may not feel comfortable going straight to Ms Mulholland, but will often go through those other channels. That would certainly apply to people talking to their employers too, since there is a fear of confidentiality being broken. Does Ms Mulholland have any insight into how that might work?