Clare Daly (Dublin North, Socialist Party)
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196. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the legislative proposals she has planned to deal with those guilty of domestic violence in view of a number of recent murders. [21991/14]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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The Government is committed to introduce consolidated and reformed domestic violence legislation to address all aspects of domestic violence, threatened violence and intimidation, in a way that provides protection to victims. My Department is currently working on legislative proposals to reform and consolidate the domestic violence legislation having received a range of proposals in relation to this commitment.

In addition I expect that the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality will report on hearings it held in February, 2014 following its receipt of a number of submissions regarding domestic and sexual violence. I intend to closely examine the Committee's recommendations when available and to consider them for inclusion with the proposals currently being developed for the reform of the domestic violence legislation.