Richard O'Donoghue (Limerick County, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I thank all the rape crisis centres that deal with these people who are sexually abused, the Garda Síochána and all the other entities that assist. Looking at the statistics from the CSO figures, they show that 53% of women come forward and only 34% of men. Child sexual violence affects one in four children. That is huge. It is beyond belief to me. I see that 8% of people over the age of 65 reported that they had experienced sexual violence as a child and as an adult. I also looked at statistics on the under-reporting of the issues. People wonder why there is such under-reporting of sexual violence. Has the mobile phone got anything to do with it?

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