Lynn Ruane (Independent) | Oireachtas source

My question relates to the scoping exercise, which is very important and which I welcome. I know that organisations which work with survivors have been involved but I am concerned that a huge amount of data from women who never access services are missing from the report of the scoping exercise. This is because so much is not reported. Much still needs to be done by way of a public consultation on sexual violence so that we can gather some of that data as they will not be accessible to us via academia or those on the scoping group. The Minister says he will get a commitment from the Cabinet on whether it can publish the specific recommendations of the group. Is it possible to have something else that would enable us to reach the people to whom I referred? Like me, up until now they would never have spoken out loud about their experience but they may be prepared to fill out an anonymous survey and that would give us a clearer picture.