Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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Question 595: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the State and non-governmental organisations which are assisting the national office for the prevention of domestic, sexual and gender based violence in developing a strategy on violence concerning that office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30404/09]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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Cosc, the National Office for the Prevention of Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence, an executive office of my Department, is well advanced in the preparation of a National Strategy on Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence. A wide range of State and non-governmental organisations dealing with such violence is assisting with the development of the national strategy. Those organisations responded to the call for submissions on the strategy and participated in subsequent rounds of consultations. The organisations include Government Departments, State offices and agencies as well as non-governmental organisations at national and local level which deal with victims of domestic and sexual violence.

The organisations which responded to the call for submissions are listed in the appendix to the report on the Summary of Submissions to Cosc, a link to which is in the National Strategy section of Cosc's website (www.cosc.ie). Progress on the preparation of the strategy is also outlined on the website. It is expected that work on the preparation of the national strategy will be completed as planned by the end of this year with a view to publication in early 2010.