Dáil debates
Wednesday, 6 November 2019
Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions
12:15 pm
Ruth Coppinger (Dublin West, Solidarity) | Oireachtas source
Perhaps the Deputy thinks that is fine, but most of us do not.
As a result of #MeToo and more disclosure, the rape crisis centres are reporting a massive increase in calls. The increase in funding provided by the Government goes nowhere near to meeting the demand. Why are groups not going into schools to educate young people about the signs of abusive relationships? Instead we have a culture of Hollywood movies and so on that normalises toxic behaviour by calling jealousy and manipulation "romance". I put it to the Taoiseach that we have to conclude that unless people go out to protest and stage walkouts in Google, McDonalds or wherever else, nothing seems to happen in here on these issues.
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