Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 3 March 2021
590. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the audit on segmentation of domestic, sexual and gender-based violence responsibilities across Departments and agencies will be initiated; the lead Minister for the audit; and the scheduled date by which this work will be completed. [11478/21]
View answerThe Programme for Government committed to an audit of how responsibility for DSGBV is segmented across Government bodies, and developing proposals on the required infrastructure to ensure the issue is dealt with effectively. External consultants were appointed to carry out this work in late 2020, and the audit is currently in progress.
Responsibility for the audit is being led by my Cabinet colleague, Minister McEntee, with collaboration and input from my Department and Tusla, the Child and Family Agency. It is currently envisaged that the audit will be completed by the end of this month.
