Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The Group of Experts on Action against Violence against Women and Domestic Violence, GREVIO, which is tasked with monitoring signatory states' implementation of the Istanbul Convention, is meeting with Irish stakeholders this week. In its submission to GREVIO, the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission, IHREC, has called for the urgent implementation of multi-agency domestic homicide reviews. A former Minister for Justice commissioned an independent study into familicide and domestic homicide reviews a number of years ago. The current Minister has yet to progress legislation despite a commitment in the 2020 programme for Government. We know the report has been sitting on the Minister's desk since late last summer, yet there is no mention of the promised Bill in the recently published legislative programme. Multi-agency domestic homicide reviews have been in place in Britain for years. They are carried out by an independent chair with the support of a panel of representatives from statutory, voluntary and community organisations. They were introduced in the North in 2020. When will the Minister publish the study and when will we see the legislation on this?

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