Holly Cairns (Cork South West, Social Democrats)
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245. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department and public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit that operate in direct contact with members of the public have policies in place for members of the public to report instances of sexual harassment or assault that occur on the property of his Department or each public body and agency under his remit; if so, if these policies are publicly accessible on the relevant website; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31746/22]

Holly Cairns (Cork South West, Social Democrats)
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246. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department and public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit have policies in place for employees to report instances of sexual harassment or assault that occur involving other employees or members of the public or on the property of his Department or each public body and agency that operate under his remit; if so, if these policies are publicly accessible on the relevant website; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31765/22]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 245 and 246 together.

The Civil Service is committed to protecting the dignity and respect of staff across all organisations. My Department operates under the Dignity at Work policy which is the centralised Anti-Bullying, Harassment and Sexual Harassment Policy for all of the Irish civil service.

The policy aims to promote respect, dignity, safety and equality in the workplace. The policy has been brought to the attention of all staff and a copy of the policy at the following link: www.gov.ie/en/circular/eaf3ec8c24904a08905f4c2d142f97cc/.

This policy sets out how employees of my department can make reports of sexual harassment or assaults that may occur by another department employee.

While my Department does not have a specific policy for making sexual harassment or assaults reports for members of the public, any such reports can be made in line with our customer service policy which is published on the my Department's website, and can be found at the following link: www.gov.ie/en/organisation-information/935746-customer-feedbackcomplaints-procedure/

My Department does not hold the requested information in respect of the State Bodies under its aegis. Arrangements have been made that these State Bodies may be contacted directly by e-mail by members of the Oireachtas, as set out in the table below.