Ruth Coppinger (Dublin West, Socialist Party) | Oireachtas source

I want to ask about the cuts being implemented by Tusla to Rape Crisis Network Ireland. Measures have been put in place to cut its data collection role and its funding. Bearing in mind that 80% of victims of sexual violence and rape do not contact a State body, how does the Minister envisage that Tusla, a new organisation, will be able to fulfil the role the Rape Crisis Network of Ireland has had for 40 years?

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