Seanad debates
Tuesday, 17 December 2002
Domestic Violence (Amendment) Bill, 2002: Second Stage (Resumed).
The Minister of State is involved in the Department of Health and Children and I ask him to put pressure on his colleague, the Minister for Health and Children, to publish a report on domestic violence which has been on his desk for the last three years. It is the most exhaustive study of domestic violence ever carried out in the State. We would be in a better position to judge much of the anecdotal and empirical evidence which has been heard in this debate if this report were published. As Senator Walsh pointed out, there are cases of domestic violence against men and we must ensure fairness and due process in the courts' deliberations on these sanctions.
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