Ruairí Ó Murchú (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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111. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the Third National Strategy on Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence 2022-2026 will run until June 2026, or to the end of 2026; if there will be a public consultation drafting a new national strategy on domestic, sexual and gender-based violence; if so, when; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57560/25]

Jim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail)
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Combatting all forms of domestic, sexual and gender-based violence (DSGBV) and ensuring that survivors receive the support and care they deserve remain central priorities for this government. The roadmap to achieving these aims, The ‘Zero Tolerance’ Third National Strategy on DSGBV (2022–2026), is now in its final phase of implementation. The Programme for Government commits to fully implementing the Strategy and developing a successor Strategy for the period 2027–2030.

Development of the Fourth National DSGBV Strategy will begin by mid-2026 and will be informed by a review and evaluation of the 2025-2026 Implementation Plan of the Third National Strategy, which was launched in June and which runs until the end of 2026. I, along with my Department and supported by Cuan, will lead the development of the Fourth Strategy through a collaborative process that builds on the whole-of-Government and whole-of-society approach which underpins the current Strategy.

This will involve the implementation partners currently supporting delivery, as well as the critical work undertaken by civil society and the DSGBV sector. The process and timelines for development of the Strategy, along with proposed priorities, will be agreed in due course.