Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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303. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department will contribute to the funding of a second sexual abuse and violence study, SAVI 2, here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45633/17]

Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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My Department has a valuable role to play in ensuring that children and young people's awareness of their right to bodily integrity is reinforced at every level of the education system.  Respect for other people and a zero tolerance of any form of abuse whether physical, emotional or sexual is a core principle of how our educators teach and how children and young people learn and interact with each other.

However, sexual abuse and violence is a crime and funding research into crime is not a core aspect of my Department's business.