Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I specifically ask about the collation of data relating to domestic and gender-based violence. As the Minister of State knows, it has been almost two decades since a landmark sexual abuse and violence in Ireland report. Following a very lengthy campaign by advocates and front-line service providers, agreement was reached between the Department of Justice and the Central Statistics Office by way of a memorandum of understanding in 2019 on the undertaking of a comprehensive State-wide survey on the prevalence of sexual violence here, as well as looking at the under-reporting of such crimes. The survey is to be done in five stages and was to be completed by the end of 2023. Phase 2 of the survey was due to be completed at the end of this year.

Will the Government Chief Whip confirm the CSO will conclude the survey design, preparation and pilot by the end of this year and that the methodology the CSO intends to use to conduct this survey has been decided? Will the data collection phase of the survey begin in January as planned, with data processing and analysis in October? Finally, will the survey include vulnerable cohorts of men and women, such as those with disabilities or in direct provision, migrant women, LGBTQI and the Traveller and Roma communities?

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