Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent)
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67. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the interdepartmental group of the implementation bodies for the new DSGBV strategy; the membership of same; the terms of reference of same; the dates of all meetings held to-date by the group; the date of the next meeting; if minutes are taken and published in respect of the meetings of the group; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60480/22]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The interdepartmental group referred to is an ad hoc group which met for the first time on October 17 last. It is made up of all the statutory implementing bodies to the Third National Strategy, including Government Departments and State agencies. 

This meeting was to collate and review updates on implementation of the Strategy up to the end of Q3 2022 and plans in furthering actions intended for Q4. It will next meet in early January.  There is no Terms of Reference for this group and minutes are not taken as its primary function is to review updates from implementing bodies for presentation to the High Level Oversight Board and Senior Officials Group for discussion and identification of specific implementation challenges.

As the Deputy may be aware, political oversight of the DSGBV strategy and its effective implementation is situated within the Cabinet Committee on Social Affairs and Equality, chaired by An Taoiseach and supported by the existing Senior Officials' Group for this Cabinet Committee. The Senior Officials' Group for the Cabinet Committee on Social Affairs and Equality also met for the first time in October.

The High-Level Oversight Board, co-chaired by the Secretaries General of the Departments of the Taoiseach and Justice held their first meeting on 04 November and will meet on a quarterly basis to ensure that actions are being implemented successfully and within the designated timelines across all relevant bodies.