Written answers

Tuesday, 16 June 2015

Department of Justice and Equality

Istanbul Convention

Photo of Niall CollinsNiall Collins (Limerick, Fianna Fail)
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425. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the Istanbul Convention will be fully implemented; the reason for the delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23007/15]

Photo of Frances FitzgeraldFrances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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It is my intention to seek Government approval for Ireland to sign the Istanbul Convention in the coming weeks. This is a matter of priority for me.

My Department has been working with other Government Departments and agencies to establish precisely the actions which would need to be taken in order to ratify and implement the Istanbul Convention. I intend to include those actions in the new National Strategy on Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence. I expect to publish the Strategy, which will cover a multi-year period from 2015, in the coming months.

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beverley maughan
Posted on 18 Jun 2015 7:00 pm (Report this comment)

it is so needed in regards to domestic violence.

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