Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The Deputy is entirely right to make the point that domestic, sexual and gender-based violence absolutely does not respect any borders. She makes a very fair and interesting point about the need to see if we can collaborate on the island of Ireland on this. I know from memory that the Northern Ireland Executive very recently launched its own strategy on domestic, sexual and gender-based violence and perhaps in that context, I could speak with the First Minister and deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland about seeing where we could collaborate. That is a constructive and helpful suggestion and I thank the Deputy for that.

I will ask the Minister for Justice to specifically come back to the Deputy regarding the additionality of funding around domestic, sexual and gender-based violence. While I understand that one figure, I am conscious that there are a number of different elements across the Minister's brief and wider government that will advance the implementation of the strategy.

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