Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The domestic violence Bill continues to be worked on. The programme for Government commits to the full implementation of the Istanbul Convention and the second national strategy on domestic, sexual and gender-based violence. In order to commit fully to the Istanbul Convention, we need the domestic violence Bill. A huge amount of work has been done on the Bill and we expect to publish it towards the end of the year.

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