Mary White (Fianna Fail)

I ask the Leader to arrange a most urgent debate next week on domestic violence against women. Two days ago, the Leader and I attended the launch of the statistics on the national helpline. One in seven women in Ireland suffers from domestic abuse. We need a serious debate with the Minister of State at the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Deputy Frank Fahey, who was superb at the launch of the statistics. He needs to come to the House and talk about how we can improve the Domestic Violence Act 1996 and how we can protect children from abusive fathers.