Mattie McGrath (Tipperary, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I want to say, on behalf of the Rural Independent Group, that we are supporting the passage of this Bill. For too long this has been tolerated. We need more than this legislation however, as Deputy O'Callaghan and others have said, because this issue needs to be approached from the cradle to the grave including through education in the national and secondary schools and through all other fora as well. It is a problem for both those who are male and those who are female, though mainly the latter as we have seen from horrific cases in the past. The situation in Dundalk in which a garda lost his life while protecting a very distressed and traumatised woman was mentioned.

On facilities in Garda stations, I see the Minister, Deputy Flanagan, is present. He knows from his visit to a Garda station in Clonmel that it is not at all suitable for any kind of person on any kind of business, especially not business of a sensitive nature.

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