Marcella Corcoran Kennedy (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I very much welcome the fact the Minister has prioritised this matter. The Joint Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality recently held hearings in regard to reviewing the domestic and sexual violence laws. Deputy Anne Ferris and myself are the rapporteurs and we hope to have the report completed before the Dáil goes into recess and to make it available to the Department. This matter was raised by a number of contributors to the hearings, who felt it was imperative that the convention be ratified at the earliest possible opportunity. I join with Deputy Coppinger in urging that this be the case. I welcome the fact the Minister has made a priority of it.

See this speech in context