The council has also commissioned a research report to establish the levels of public order offences in Ireland, the likely contributory factors, including but not exclusively alcohol consumption, and a comparative analysis of the problem with countries of similar size to Ireland. The research is being undertaken by the Institute of Criminology and the results are due later this year, together with recommendations from the council. An advisory group has been appointed by the council to oversee the development of a national study of domestic violence. This study will be non-gender specific and will aim to provide a more accurate picture of the prevalence and nature of domestic violence in Ireland than is possible from official crime statistics.