Cathy Bennett (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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86. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the timeframe in which he intends to establish a register of domestic abusers. [54045/25]

Jim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail)
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Reforming our criminal justice system to make it more victim-centred is a central focus of the Zero Tolerance Strategy for combatting Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (DSGBV), which builds on reforms already introduced in this area.

The Programme for Government commits to working with An Garda Síochána to ensure a person in an intimate relationship can be informed of a serious risk to them where a new partner has a history of domestic violence and this work is ongoing.

In this context, I intend to seek Government approval shortly, to draft a Bill that will, inter alia, amend the Domestic Violence Act to set up a Domestic Violence Register of Judgments, which will be managed by the Courts Service. This will ensure any person can find out if their partner has a serious previous conviction for an offence against an intimate partner, or former intimate partner, subject to court discretion and victim consent.