Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The Deputy is absolutely right that we need to continue to support the women who are victims of domestic violence. The work to implement all the recommendations of the O'Malley report, as set out in the Supporting a Victim's Journey strategy, continues to be a priority. As part of the implementation of Supporting A Victim's Journey, the Department of Justice reviewed the supports and funding it provides to civil to society organisations offering front-line services. This was done to map the journey that faces victims and identify the gaps in available support. Work is now under way with NGO partners to fill the gaps identified, which mainly relate to training and supervision issues. This falls under the remit of the Department of Justice and there is a lot of work going on in that regard. We have written to all Departments to see how we can have a cross-government approach to this issue and what they need to do to feed into the strategy.

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