Domestic Violence Policy

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 11 February 2015

Wednesday, 11 February 2015

Questions (109)

Thomas P. Broughan

Question:

109. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 382 of 3 February 2015, if there will be a provision for protection, in relation to an adult person not living with another person, included in the draft proposals for reform and consolidation of the Domestic Violence Acts; and the number of persons who have been prosecuted under the Non-Fatal Offences against the Person Act 1997 in 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014. [6306/15]

Written answers

Minister for Justice and Equality

My Department has received a number of proposals in relation to the reform of our domestic violence legislative provisions including the extension of the availability of orders to other classes of applicants. All such proposals will be carefully considered in the finalisation of the General Scheme of a Bill to consolidate and reform our domestic violence legislation. I intend to bring the General Scheme of this Bill to Government early this year with a view to enactment later in the year.

The Garda Síochána Act 2005 makes provision for the compilation and publication of crime statistics by the Central Statistics Office (CSO), as the national statistical agency, and the CSO has established a dedicated unit for this purpose.

I have requested the CSO to provide statistics directly to the Deputy.