Patricia Stephenson (Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

I agree with what Senator Murphy has said about fear, coercive control and people being trapped in these cycles, and the importance of us having institutions that recognise, spot, detect and respond to this. We have options. We have protection orders, which exist in the Domestic Violence Act. Is there something that can be done in terms of using these protection order mechanisms and using exemptions already in money laundering legislation to address the issue of joint consent? The onus is on us. I know the Minister of State agrees because I was following the previous discussion. We need to find the systems and mechanisms we have in existing legislation to see how we can make them work in this new legislation. The onus is on us to support survivors in every way we can.