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

I thank the Minister for that response. He has rightly described familicide and violence of that nature as tragic. It is certainly evident on witnessing the absolute bewilderment of a survivor of this violence. In this regard, I am thinking of Kathleen Chada. When I first met her, she told the story of losing her two boys. How to make sense of that is beyond any of us, I am sure. What families tell us is that they experience not just the trauma of a tragedy but also that of a crime. These are crimes as well. In many cases, families feel almost like onlookers or bystanders in their own heartbreaking chaos and tragedy, and they are met with a system that is not fully sympathetic. It certainly is not organised around supporting the families and, crucially, learning from the events. All in the system need to learn the red flags, signals and dangers because the objective has to be to try to prevent these awful crimes.

The Minister has described the groups to be established. Which member of the Cabinet will drive this work? Will it fall to the Taoiseach?

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