Seanad debates
Tuesday, 17 December 2002
Domestic Violence (Amendment) Bill, 2002: Second Stage.
The Supreme Court judgment found section 4 of the Act unconstitutional and required that the applicant should, as soon as possible, be able to satisfy the court, in the presence of the opposing party, that the order was properly granted. In that regard, and in the report to which I have referred, it was interesting that domestic violence did not feature as strongly – although the statistics indicated it was quite high at 53%, based on the criteria applied – in undermining relationships as criticism, insults and not listening, which tend to undermine the marriage relationship.
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