We need to educate the public to change its attitude to domestic violence. We have to ensure that the legal process is adequate and that those charged with the responsibility of dealing with this issue, including the Garda Síochána, have the relevant knowledge to deal with it effectively. Perceptions are beginning to change and rightly so. It is past time this happened. People other than the man or woman concerned suffer when instances of domestic violence take place because children are often involved. I recently read that a child is either present or in the next room during 80% of domestic violence incidents, a statistic that emerged from international research.