Mark Daly (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Senator for her legislation on this. I know we spoke about this more than two years ago and we did the first Seanad panel forum on this particular topic when we were all doing things by Zoom. She brought in a lot of the experts in this area who highlighted the fact that this really allows the abusers to continue unchecked with their behaviour and in many instances revictimises the victims. I am glad the Minister has outlined that the Government will move this legislation forward in the Dail - I would hope so - or that they would make the necessary amendments to make sure this particular issue is addressed. This was highlighted in the university sector where there are people who are carrying out bullying and also sexual harassment, a lot of which we had seen in the church previously, and now happening where the existence of a non-disclosure agreement was not even allowed to be discussed which meant that we could not even measure how many non-disclosure agreements there were within the university sector. These are in all levels of employment and totally undermine the victims yet again. Do we have any other contributors?