Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)

Today is the first of 16 days of action against violence against women. In respect of the programme for Government commitment to consolidated and reformed domestic violence legislation, I got a very disappointing answer to a parliamentary question from the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Shatter, who stated that he had more urgent legislative matters in respect of the troika programme to attend to. When can we expect this reform legislation, which is urgent particularly given the rise in women experiencing violence in their homes?

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