Eileen Flynn (Independent) | Oireachtas source

The Civil Engagement Group was very disappointed with the reply from the Department on amendment No. 34. To make a general point, to claim that emotional abuse is recognised in the Bill when it is not is a total insult, not to us as legislators who are trying to bring about a better Bill, one where people will get justice, but to the survivors. It is an absolute insult. I am not being smart, far from it, but the Minister is lying through his teeth saying it recognises emotional abuse when clearly it does not.