Dan Neville
Question:131 Mr. Neville asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a sexual assault medical unit will be established in the mid-west region of the HSE. [23798/05]
View answerThursday, 30 June 2005
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I have been concerned for some time about the adequacy of services for victims of alleged sexual crime. I have therefore established a multi-disciplinary group under the chairmanship of a senior official of my Department to examine the co-ordination and delivery of services to adult and teenage victims of alleged sexual crime, determine the model of optimum delivery of service, and present its findings to me and the national steering committee on violence against women. This group is representative of service providers, voluntary organisations, the Garda, the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform and the HSE. I expect to have a report from the group shortly which will inform any decisions regarding the extension of existing sexual assault treatment services nationally.