Jonathan O'Brien (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein)
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55. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to ensure that digital photography is used to gather evidence in domestic violence cases. [21160/17]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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The Second National Strategy on Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence 2016-2021 contains an action providing for legislation for An Garda Síochána to wear and activate body mounted cameras when responding to domestic violence incidents to gather and use evidence as appropriate. A review is under way in my Department of the law in relation to the recording of images by the Garda Síochána which will inform work on this issue.

Jonathan O'Brien (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein)
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56. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to ensure that training on domestic violence is introduced for members of the Judiciary. [21161/17]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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As the Deputy may be aware, the Committee for Judicial Studies has responsibility for the ongoing training of the judiciary and my function as Minister under the Courts and Courts Officers Act 1995 is, with the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, to provide funds for the training and education of judges.

I am informed that the Committee for Judicial Studies organises annual one day conferences for judges of the various Courts and also arranges seminars on discrete topics. In addition there is a one day annual National Judges’ Conference at which topics relevant to judges of all jurisdictions are discussed. I am further informed that the topic of domestic violence regularly features on the agenda of events organised by the Committee.