Ivana Bacik (Dublin Bay South, Labour)
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539. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the Advisory Group on the Study on Familicide and Domestic Homicide Review will report to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26142/23]

Ivana Bacik (Dublin Bay South, Labour)
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540. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the need to ensure that a non-prosecutorial report is considered by his Department when domestic homicide occurs here, to enable an appropriate legislative and budgetary response to avoid future such incidents. [26143/23]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 539 and 540 together.

As the Deputy is aware, an independent study was commissioned by my Department into familicide and domestic homicide reviews.

This independent research involved consultations with a wide range of stakeholders, including family members of victims, state agencies and non-governmental organisations, with a view to making recommendations to improve the State's response to familicide and domestic homicide.

I recently met with the victims’ families to inform them of my intention to bring the report to Government which I did today. I will now provide a copy of the final report to the families before publishing it.