Colm Burke (Cork North Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I know my colleague referred earlier to the figures. Some 41% of Irish women know someone in their circle of family or friends who has experienced intimate partner violence. I have figures from the Courts Service showing that applications for orders increased by 12% in 2020 to 22,970 from 20,501 in 2019. The other frightening figure in the recent report is the finding that in 2020, 25% of victims of sexual violence were females aged under 18. This emphasises the importance of the programme and the reason we need to speed up the process for its full implementation. The Minister talked about the statutory agency for domestic, sexual and gender-based violence. We also need updated primary and secondary school curriculums. What is the position with regard to public awareness campaigns?

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